Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [det] [art] dozen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lymington DSFC member Kevin Barton took a 2 lb 14 oz plaice along with half a dozen flounder in one session . |
| 2 | Trent dived overboard along with half a dozen crew and Maria Magdalena surged ahead . |
| 3 | And I brought it down to half a dozen staff . |
| 4 | Up to half a dozen may break the barrier . |
| 5 | This reluctance expressed an unusual lack of thrift on the part of men to whom it was a necessity , but the bond with the past was strong and there was some ill-defined superstition clinging about the woods which forbade the useful dismantling of these huts built , often , to accommodate up to half a dozen men through all the taxations of a northern spring , summer and early autumn . |
| 6 | Up to half a dozen years ago any invitation by the government that offered users meaningful involvement in planning community care would have been seen as unrealistic and even cynical . |
| 7 | In time , this practice led to highways with up to half a dozen parallel tracks ; the one in use at any given moment depending on the weather and on how much maintenance local labourers had carried out . |
| 8 | There had been considerable controversy over the method of presidential election , which had originally been expected to take place with up to half a dozen candidates in January 1990 prior to the legislative elections of March-April [ see pp. 37325-26 ; 37380 ) . |
| 9 | I gave up at half a dozen , desultorily checked a few share prices and failed to read more than two paragraphs of an article on the gilt-edged market . |
| 10 | ‘ We have to go to New Zealand with the objective of coming back with half a dozen players who will be able to take the final step up next season ’ — JOHN ELLIOTT ( national selector ) on the ‘ B ’ tour . |
| 11 | The test , which at present can only be carried out in half a dozen laboratories around the world , seeks to identify an abnormal antibody in the blood of likely sufferers . |