Sentence examples for for close to a dozen from inspiring English sources

This question divided the household initially, but we agreed to pursue the surgery as a way to give Sara some more time to walk the woods she'd called home for close to a dozen years.

Randolph, 49, who said, "I'm as much a Yankee as anybody," has unsuccessfully interviewed for close to a dozen manager's jobs and said that had made him "feel like a yo-yo".

On February 21 the tour headed to Japan for close to a dozen shows in 6 cities.

For close to a dozen times, I tried to get him to open his mouth so that I could see what was in there..but to no avail.

For example, close to a dozen published studies (e.g., Hughes et al. [12], Mitchell [13]) use an individual physician's referral patterns to "impute" physician ownership status for individual physicians.

PARIS — Anglophone readers in Paris used to be spoiled for choice with close to a dozen well-stocked stores specializing in English-language books.

Cinemax and my agents set me up for meetings with close to a dozen different Tv writers, many of them very impressive, but Kalinda's take on the story and the characters blew me away.

When the bill arrives – a dozen beers for close to a thousand dollars – you either pay or fight.

Because I keep adding to your original debt payments have gone on for close to a year and have included dozens of confusing communications and frustrating phone calls.

When the bill arrives a dozen beers for close to a thousand dollars you either pay or fight.

Perhaps no group was more outraged than fans of BBC America's "Orphan Black," who were reaching for their pitchforks when Tatiana Maslany, who plays close to a dozen different parts in the sci-fi series, was overlooked in the drama actress category for the second straight year.