Example sentences of "be [art] dozen or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So realism suggests a limit on the number of candidates , and if in some Irish constituencies there are a dozen or even a score the reason is that they include candidates of small or perhaps minuscule parties besides more or less cranky independents : the two major parties are not responsible . |
| 2 | It 's the main ‘ motorway ’ through the city , and there are a dozen or so stalls on the Rialto selling souvenirs — including the painted masks you 'll see on sale all over the city . |
| 3 | There was the high-class brothel , managed by Michael Lee , which operated out of the house across the park from Katherine 's own home , and then there were the dozen or so girls — the pick of the brothel girls — who worked the society parties . |
| 4 | I twisted in the seat to see that there were a dozen or so boats moored in the protected crook of the easternmost anchor fluke . |
| 5 | There were a dozen or so cars parked near the entrance , including the Marshal 's small van , but not a soul in sight . |
| 6 | These were a dozen or so stoppered glass bottles containing a selection of Wakelate 's most virulent and inventive poisons . |
| 7 | To the right of the lodge were a dozen or so stone steps leading to a half-moon beach . |