half-a-score

A young fellow learns more there in an hour than by poring over books for half-a-score of years.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

As for Nora and Castle Brady, between today and yesterday there seemed to be a gap as of half-a-score of years.

The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

Mrs Dale told herself half-a-score of times that morning that she could not be justified in keeping the letter from her daughter.

The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004

That I should feel self-respect as a result of killing almost half-a-score of my fellow human beings was a mark of what I had become since my capture by the Nazis.

The Dreamthief's Daughter Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2001

Splash and burble echoed softly from half-a-score fountains, scattered among fig tree and flowering plants and alabaster statuary.

Conan The Magnificent Jordan, Robert 1986

Splash and burble echoed softly from half-a-score fountains, scattered among fig trees and flowering plants and alabaster statuary.

Conan The Magnificent Jordan, Robert 1984

Close behind their arrows came half-a-score Hyrkanians, waving short horn bows and curved yataghans as they ran.

Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983

Close behind their arrows came half-a-score Hyrkanians, waving short horn bows and curved yataghans as they ran.

Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983

Washington had to treat half-a-score, more or less, of administrative ills.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

The Army must be increased to 110 battalions, the artillery enlarged, a corps of engineers established—half-a-score changes must be made at once if the new Army was to be recruited or be efficient when created.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968