Example sentences of "[adv] five and [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We had never realised what hard work is actually involved in producing a programme of this kind and , with the added pressure of only five and a half hours in the city , we had our work cut out . |
| 2 | It has taken him just five and a half years to make his mark in the big time . |
| 3 | Because of the width of the cabin , nearly five and a half feet , it follows that there is plenty of room to accommodate all this without the panel becoming cluttered . |
| 4 | I have now been retired for nearly five and a half years . |
| 5 | It will be within the memory of the House — although the memories of Conservative Members are probably as blank as Conservative Benches — that about five and a half years ago the right Hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) when he was the Secretary of State for Transport implemented a very novel idea . |
| 6 | About five and a half years . |
| 7 | The new motion did n't get Kite much more distance — about five and a half yards , on average — but it did contribute to his rising from 29th on Tour in hitting greens in regulation to third . |
| 8 | The opener , who hit 12 fours in an innings almost five and a half hours long , was eighth out and one of off-spinner Neil Smith 's six victims . |
| 9 | The opener , who hit 12 fours in an innings almost five and a half hours long , was eighth out and one of off-spinner Neil Smith 's six victims . |
| 10 | At one stage the average time of the five daytime trains between Euston and Glasgow was over five and a half hours . |
| 11 | Just over five and a half years later , I stood on the same spot and watched the Israelis drive down the same road to be greeted in precisely the same way by the same Christians on the same balconies . |
| 12 | Ellie knew this well , although she was barely five and a half years old , because she and Patsy had talked endlessly about the problem as they sat up in their cot while their father and the ‘ broth ’ played cards below them in the living room . |