Example sentences of "[vb infin] half the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She spent little and even caring for her lodgers generously she did not need half the income she found she earned . |
| 3 | Alice was thinking : Jim 's so big and strong , Philip is n't ; together they 'd need half the time . |
| 4 | What he was planning would tie half the hospital up for the entire morning ! |
| 5 | Buskins do n't do half the damage . ’ |
| 6 | Also I would give half the furniture in this room for a good strong cup of steaming hot coffee and a couple of aspirins . |
| 7 | The Consumers ' Association says that rather than give half the cover price to retailers , they prefer to sink the money into campaigning work and more investigations . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ How come , if he 's the Devil Incarnate , does he spend half the book down there in that poxy little room ? |
| 10 | Orwell does n't understand half the world because he does n't see it . |
| 11 | They 've got everything on computers now and it does n't work half the time does it ? |
| 12 | ‘ Can we abandon half the globe to the caprice of peoples still in their infancy … ? |
| 13 | A federal judge is expected to rule soon on the constitutional issue at hand — whether a state-owned institution can bar half the state 's citizens from applying for admission because of their sex . |
| 14 | You 'll take half the skin off my forehead ! ’ |
| 15 | And as packing can take half the time of the total removal and even more in certain circumstances , most people opt for that . |
| 16 | Er he wanted to er see me , his brother had got promoted and was Half of his book was come vacant , would I have half the book ? |
| 17 | Sam can have half the coke and none of the plane . |
| 18 | He should have half the Sum to serve his need ; |
| 19 | Budapest Municipality will pay half the cost of fitting a converter , but many may prefer to upgrade to new cars . |
| 20 | Firms interested in cleaning up their act were offered a special deal : Railside Revival would pay half the cost of materials and community programme workers would do the work for free . |
| 21 | The Forum source said that the Communists may retain half the cabinet seats , but that this was the absolute maximum the party could expect . |
| 22 | ‘ The announcement would n't even reach half the city in that time , ’ the young officer protested hesitantly ‘ You 'd be ordering us to shoot anyone on the stree — ’ His speech ended with the full stop of a heavy bullet in the face . |
| 23 | If there were two or more children , then you would actually receive erm twice that amount so you 'd receive half the pension . |
| 24 | A later law dealing with landless newcomers , specifies that they should receive half the property , and not two-thirds . |
| 25 | When he saw the saxaphone he told his father about it and his father said that if he could save half the money , he would make up the other half . ’ |
| 26 | As there is no way of knowing how many synonyms exist for any given home address , an unsuccessful search might require half the file to be scanned on average . |
| 27 | So therefore they argued , my children will only get half the mutation , or half the effects of it , fifty percent increase in reproductive success . |
| 28 | They might even get half the wall up , but that 's as far as their capital goes . |
| 29 | That someone could get half the question right . |
| 30 | The Isle of Man Coastal Path or Raad ny Foillan ( Way of the Gull ) is a route that does n't get half the publicity it deserves . |