Example sentences of "[verb] half the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean half the time I think I do n't remember anything because er er , people are so busy blooming playing around and |
| 2 | I do think when they 're caught , they are , to me it seems as if they ought to be made to clear up some graffiti and and realise what they 're doing because , I do n't think half the time , they realise the the upset they cause . |
| 3 | The latest , which has now been introduced on a voluntary basis , is that , instead of one of his A levels , a pupil may take two AS ( supplementary ) level examinations , demanding half the time each of a full A level . |
| 4 | Alice was thinking : Jim 's so big and strong , Philip is n't ; together they 'd need half the time . |
| 5 | Both halves have their merits , but together their appeal will be limited to those teachers of computer science , who if lecturing on the impact of motor traffic on society , would spend half the time on the way sparking plugs work . |
| 6 | Does lazy , for example , mean the person arrives late every day , or takes an excessive lunch break , or never volunteers for anything , or lies about with his eyes closed half the time ? |
| 7 | They 've got everything on computers now and it does n't work half the time does it ? |
| 8 | They just could n't be bothered half the time . |
| 9 | and what women are experiencing half the time is perfectly rational . |
| 10 | The responses I heard to that question were most unsatisfactory , the County Council 's response was , ah , well we 'll have to get together again with the group of authorities , now if you look back over how long it has taken to produce this particular strategy that 's exceedingly worrying , that means they 'll have to get together again , even if it takes half the time or a third of the time , they 'll have to get together again towards nineteen ninety seven ninety eight to be considering the strategy post two thousand and six . |
| 11 | A lot of them were slow , and did n't know what they were doing half the time : they 'd give you the wrong medicine . |
| 12 | She does n't know what she 's doing half the time ! |
| 13 | And as packing can take half the time of the total removal and even more in certain circumstances , most people opt for that . |
| 14 | do if I 've got anything , but I find half the time , I mean , it 's like jeans and things , if you go into Marks 's you can spend fifteen pound on a |
| 15 | It 's no wonder the counter is n't manned half the time . |
| 16 | It ought to make you feel ashamed , Sebastian , to think half the time you do n't bother to make use of all the facilities that are offered to you — you just take it all for granted . |
| 17 | I 'm not sure we do half the time . |
| 18 | It was an enormously thorough and comprehensive review of the case , running to four volumes and more than 1200 pages , yet it would have been better if it had been half the length and taken half the time . |
| 19 | I do n't think he listens half the time . |
| 20 | Me , I think they 're lost half the time . ’ |
| 21 | They did n't chat each other up , because Boy still did n't know what to say half the time , and O did n't want to say anything , not any more , he had said too much to too many men . |
| 22 | Third : sign the biggest , nastiest , quickest fast bowler you can find and make sure he 's good for a full season and wo n't go missing half the time . ’ |
| 23 | You only spend half the time , you have twice as many men . |