Example sentences of "or so [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly let me say that I do n't climb much these days — about a hundred or so routes a year , mostly soloed and always in trainers . |
| 2 | She had forced herself out of bed especially early , without waking Oz , just so that she could have a spare half-hour or so to take a walk up Back Clough Dale . |
| 3 | Some , including Portland , Oregon , charge $1 or so to recycle a tree . |
| 4 | The Land Rover was waiting , but it took a minute or so to find a driver . |
| 5 | Therefore , it is fair to ask why we are so keen on public transport if all experience over the past decade or so shows a fall in rail and bus passenger services and traffic in rural areas and in cities . |
| 6 | My advice to agencies : send someone out with a quid or so to buy a magazine before you advertise in it ; or better still , have those editorial folk over for a Gordon 's & Tonic . . . . |
| 7 | This timing gives some idea of how long their travelling habitually took : still in a post-chaise , and allowing an hour , say , for breakfast , they required seven hours or so to travel a distance of about twenty-eight miles . |