Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] dozen " in BNC.
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| 1 | He trod on a patch of ice and slipped , falling down the dozen or so stone steps . |
| 2 | Dollar interest rates cracked the price of gold down a dozen years ago when they were hoisted to 20 per cent . |
| 3 | And did you hear the one about the rabbi caught out , on the most solemn fast-day of the year , slurping down a dozen oysters . |
| 4 | Behind comes a column of workers , scurrying along a dozen or so abreast , many of them carrying larvae . |
| 5 | Jonathan Speelman and Jan Timman rattled off a dozen moves each and Karpov and Artur Yusupov sped to move 15 . |
| 6 | During their reign , Altringham saw off a dozen League clubs , including First Division Birmingham , and took Everton and Spurs to replays . |
| 7 | Blunt saw nothing ahead but he shot off a dozen rounds on impulse as he plunged through a great hole . |
| 8 | Her pleading frail voice went straight to my heart every time , and quite often I would crack her more than a few eggs to make up the dozen . |
| 9 | LONDON & SOUTH-EAST : There were few glimmers of encouragement for Mr Kinnock as the party picked up a dozen seats in the capital and a handful outside , writes David Millward . |
| 10 | Forte says it has lined up a dozen beta sites among Fortune 1000 accounts — it can not publicly identify yet . |
| 11 | The WWF and the University of Joensuu wants to set up a dozen seal reservations in the area , organising volunteers to hand-feed seals with protein-rich food to ensure that they reach breeding age . |
| 12 | And it seems that if I go Steve , right , bring me up a dozen sweets and I have n't selled one of them well that would be |
| 13 | Why ca n't I take back the dozen ski-holiday brochures I 'm leafing through , and be rewarded with a discount from the travel agents , and the knowledge that they 're recycling them ? |
| 14 | Iain Reamhar wore out a dozen spoons . |
| 15 | Sometimes you may want to reach everyone on the list , but more often you will only be using certain sections or even picking out a dozen or so specialist outlets . |
| 16 | So you could send out a dozen business cards now |
| 17 | I do n't know , they 've sold out a dozen at Broadway this week , well int last fortnight , so White Gates were telling me , so , well if we do , we do , if the bungalow goes before we sell well , we 'll have to come and live with me mum until we find another one . |
| 18 | The Daily Telegraph and the magazine Tee Topics both wrote ecstatically about the course , the former proclaiming ‘ Henley is one of the most delightfully situated courses ; variety and holes so laid out you might go round a dozen times and never have to play the same shot in succession , not even on the same hole ’ . |