Example sentences of "by [v-ing] half [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I saved myself by hurling half a brick into the darkness . |
2 | The cumulative mass fraction can be calculated by adding half the mass fraction W i of the i th fraction to the total mass fraction of those fractions preceding it , i.e. |
3 | The bars here are unique in that unlike the rest of ‘ puritan ’ Germany , they only close for an hour a day to let the cleaners in ( many bars even pour drink through a loophole by cleaning half the bar at a time — prost ! ) |
4 | Note that here the submatrix unc is unc and we can take the first two columns as linearly independent ; the third is obtained by subtracting half the first from the second . |
5 | We prepared ourselves for the experience by drinking half a bottle of brandy each — I was worried about him until then . |