Example sentences of "six and a half [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's six and a half minutes to six . |
| 2 | Twenty three minutes , no no no it 's not twenty three Martin , you 're not reading the clock correctly , it 's twenty six and a half minutes away from nine o'clock , they 're still playing down at Lane so they 're getting er enough time down there to er get stuck into er all the injury time . |
| 3 | The executions began at midnight on Saturday and were completed six and a half hours later . |
| 4 | On full fuel tanks of five hundred litres , each rig has a road range of one thousand kilometres , or can operate in river current speeds of two metres a second ( about four knots ) for about six and a half hours without refuelling . |
| 5 | It was a gentle enough life and it took only six and a half hours to travel home by taxi from Beirut to Jaffa . |
| 6 | A total of six and a half hours and we were over the small , dying town of Wyndham . |
| 7 | Around six and a half hours are allowed in which to complete the race ; a search party is sent after that ! |
| 8 | That means that two-thirds of the population can be expected to sleep between six and a half and eight and a half hours a night , about 16 per cent regularly sleep over eight and a half hours , and another 16 per cent sleep under six and a half hours . |
| 9 | In just six and a half hours he has produced the Matterhorn . |
| 10 | I worked for a month then I went to the dyers and cleaners and I came home to Ipswich in the , on the Easter time and I started work as a turnboy on the dredger at Ipswich at thirty five shillings a week for fi sixty six and a half hours a week , starting from Monday morning at six o'clock to six o'clock Monday night . |
| 11 | The ship left there shortly after midnight but it was six and a half hours before the seamen were discovered missing . |
| 12 | and a cable tidy , that sounds quite good , these are half price things for ten days only There 's a remote control colour television for one thirty nine , ninety nine , save fifty pounds they 've got the dear tapes here look , erm six and a half hours video tapes , recommended price seven ninety nine can get for three ninety nine and there 's another one here three pack , twelve hours video tape for six ninety nine must end Saturday November the twenty ninth , oh perhaps I 'll buy you one of those , oh I have bought you a birthday present have n't I ? |
| 13 | so let's order two for us and that 'll give us five and a half , six and a half boxes |
| 14 | Willie Jarvis 's three-year-old has won his last two races by a total of six and a half lengths and is still well weighted for further success . |
| 15 | As I 'm six and a half feet tall , it 's difficult to get jeans to fit me . |
| 16 | That the son turned out to be all but six and a half feet tall at the age of thirteen and went through school and university wielding a subversive wit which catapulted him into the West End and the beginnings of real fame in his early twenties , seems almost in bad taste , very embarrassing indeed , certainly uncalled for and probably best left undiscovered . |
| 17 | Only he was six and a half feet in his socks , apparently , which tops me by an inch or two . ’ |
| 18 | Anyway , it was a bit weird cos we had to go with parties cos they 're all they 're all black and they 're all about six and a half feet tall you know ! |
| 19 | ‘ It was the best news I have had in six and a half years . ’ |
| 20 | Under her , there have been 30–35 standing-committees and just over 120 ad hocs in six and a half years . |
| 21 | Gary was six and a half years old at referral and was described as a very unlovable child . |
| 22 | I was six and a half years the , the minister of Whalsay and Skerries where the first er centre h ha has been built and there was rejoicing in that community that the that social responsibility had been invited by the council to join in this work . |
| 23 | The father of the little boy concerned , who is now approaching six and a half years of age , seeks an order of the court in this country that the defendant ( the child 's mother ) shall return the child to the jurisdiction of the court in Ontario , which is in fact presently seized of custody applications relating to the child in the context of divorce proceedings between the father and the mother . |
| 24 | For she 'd literally been shaken to her roots when the clothing firm she 'd worked for for the past six and a half years had collapsed , making the entire work-force redundant . |
| 25 | I 've been restraining myself for six and a half years ! |
| 26 | Jo , now aged 26 , spent six and a half years in Rampton . |
| 27 | I thought I had genuine friends at the Oval after six and a half years . |
| 28 | Er , I 've been now for six and a half years , I think , at the last count , er , I know I 've served just over half my sentence . |
| 29 | Er , been with C U for er , six and a half years as well . |
| 30 | The period of six and a half years should be divided into two sections . |