Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] half [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 2 | He had known most of them for half a lifetime . |
| 3 | I talked to them for half an hour on maximum range and fuel economy . |
| 4 | Sister Monica stayed with them for half an hour . |
| 5 | " To a pint of cream put a pound of double-refined sugar , the juice of seven lemons , grate the rinds of two lemons into a pint of white wine , add half a pint of sack , then put them all into a deep pot , and whisk them for half an hour , put it into glasses the night before you want it : it is better for standing two or three days , but it will keep a week if required . " |
| 6 | It was like , get on to those bloody phone people , he said , I was on the phone to them for half an hour , yesterday , he said have n't turned up , he said , and I organized m I work around and everything . |
| 7 | and that means that I can photocopy them for half the price . |
| 8 | Secondly , there were the regions of the old industrial periphery — the North , Wales and Scotland — which for half a century had suffered higher than national rates of unemployment . |
| 9 | Which within half an hour they will not be , for I have them packaged and ready to be delivered into your hands to do with as you shall see fit . |
| 10 | He scored the only goal of the game and immediately endeared himself to half the city 's fans . |
| 11 | In the past , the surgeon would automatically snip out the affected tubes , but this could leave you with half the chance of conceiving later , or completely infertile . |
| 12 | See you in half an hour , then ? ’ |
| 13 | See you in half an hour . ’ |
| 14 | I 'll meet you in half an hour . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll see you in half an hour at the end of the session . " |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll see you in half an hour . |
| 17 | I 'll see you in half an hour , then , ’ Travis said , and left . |
| 18 | And they either say go and read the paper mum , I 'll call you in half an hour . |
| 19 | I 'll talk to you in half an hours time . |
| 20 | That 'll do us for now we 'll update the traffic again for you in half an hour 's time radio Nottingham F M one O three point eight and ninety five point five Nottinghamshire 's favourite station with the weather forecast for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 21 | His system became the standard one for half a century . |
| 22 | I 'll buy one for half a million pounds ! |
| 23 | No one with half an eye on current trends is mentioning that his main claim to fame used to be as Susan Sarandon 's toy boy . |
| 24 | They have killed a man now and they 'll kill another one in half an hour . |
| 25 | where you have done everything in half an hour . |
| 26 | ‘ Anybody with half an eye could tell that . ’ |
| 27 | She bounced and cuddled herself into half a dozen bright scatter cushions . |
| 28 | Julia answered civilly and resigned herself to half an hour 's polite conversation . |
| 29 | Trading in sovereign loans grew from almost nothing to half a trillion dollars in less than five years . |
| 30 | I took another deep breath — I only wanted to see him for half an hour — and said what I could . |