Example sentences of "dozen [coord] [adv] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After a dozen or so phone calls , we finally discovered that TSL had secured coverage on Sportschannel America , a national cable sports network which reaches approximately nine million households .
2 He trod on a patch of ice and slipped , falling down the dozen or so stone steps .
3 To the right of the lodge were a dozen or so stone steps leading to a half-moon beach .
4 The Canadian has an operating crew of five ( excluding the dozen or so service staff ) and no one is entirely clear what they all do : fill out forms mostly , so far as I could see .
5 Think instead about Quinta Paraiso da Mia , on the big sandy Luz Bay , just outside Lagos : a dozen or so apartment buildings linked by pathways in a shady garden , a minute 's walk from the beach .
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