Example sentences of "[adj] a hour [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He once locked two visiting American soldiers inside the cathedral one evening and promised to come to let them out in half an hour but forgot to come . |
| 2 | We talked quietly together for half an hour but there was no point of contact . |
| 3 | You 'd be glad to get in there for half an hour but you would n't risk more than half an hour . |
| 4 | At first , this effect may only last for half an hour but , as you have more lessons , these feelings of lightness , balance and general ease within your body will extend for longer and longer periods . |
| 5 | Home & Pet Care limits the after-dark period to half an hour but clients can be less restrictive if they choose . |
| 6 | Alright well I think well I think actually well I know we 've droned on about it for half an hour but I think it 's worth a discussion to be quite honest , do n't you ? |
| 7 | Quite normal to be a little bit more than half an hour but el traffico wardens about an whoever takes your number sort of jus just after you parked then it is half an hour but sometimes it 's not for |
| 8 | Quite normal to be a little bit more than half an hour but el traffico wardens about an whoever takes your number sort of jus just after you parked then it is half an hour but sometimes it 's not for |
| 9 | It was a quiet time and I would sit these fellows down for half an hour and take them through what they were doing . |
| 10 | I sat in the cab for half an hour and then this fellow went off . |
| 11 | Break for lunch — half an hour and then back again . |
| 12 | ‘ Half an hour and no more , ’ she said . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll look at the papers — at the pictures — for about half an hour and drink the water : I do that religiously , it cleanses the soul . ’ |
| 14 | I would anticipated that we can film the whole sequence within half an hour and that we would make every effort not to disrupt the normal running of your business . |
| 15 | It is a report and valuation for mortgage and insurance assessment which is usually done in half an hour and consists of a general look at the property to see that it actually exists as described , and is not in a state of collapse or major disrepair . |
| 16 | They equalised after half an hour and also went close on more than one occasion . |
| 17 | The length of lessons will vary from teacher to teacher , but the shortest will be half an hour and the longest will be an hour . |
| 18 | He was gone for about half an hour and I do n't think any of us even suspected that there was something amiss . |
| 19 | In the old days he could 've swallowed a six-pack in half an hour and then gone out and walked a tightrope . |
| 20 | Then they meet for half an hour and get reconciled . |
| 21 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 22 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 23 | At the start of week 2 the required time to go to bed was reduced by half an hour and Keith was rewarded only if this new time was achieved . |
| 24 | You have met the little beast for only half an hour and her father has known her all her life ! ’ |
| 25 | I would like to wake up in half an hour and see people passing by in the street . |
| 26 | I kept them interested for half an hour and now I ca n't even remember what I said . |
| 27 | They talked for half an hour and suddenly upped and went . |
| 28 | But if I went to Joyce and told him that his men were doing something that was n't fair to the police , trying us too hard or interfering with our time off , he 'd have his men right off that job in half an hour and there 'd be no grumbling . ’ |
| 29 | A neighbour who heard the bell , a sound she had never heard in all her fifteen years in the street , puzzled over it for half an hour and then went across the road to the school . |
| 30 | Nick and Carrie were used to timing them now , fairly accurately : they went out for about half an hour and when they came back be was sitting quiet in the kitchen , reading the paper . |