Example sentences of "and half [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A queer sort of name ; linsey-woolsy , half one and half t' other , 't is a very pagan name , upon my word . |
| 2 | For most of the Eighties , Punjab has been wracked by vicious conflict between the security forces and half a dozen incoherent but well-armed groups ostensibly fighting for a free Sikh state of Khalistan , the Land of the Pure . |
| 3 | For most of the Eighties , Punjab has been wracked by vicious conflict between the security forces and half a dozen incoherent but well-armed groups ostensibly fighting for a free Sikh state of Khalistan , the Land of the Pure . |
| 4 | Otherwise , rationing restricts Romanians to one kilo of meat a month and half a loaf of bread a day . |
| 5 | The site chosen for the house was in a wooded grove , sheltered from northerly gales and half a mile from the sea . |
| 6 | Still , since only one group saw anything , and half a dozen could find nothing , nobody felt obliged to take the 17 keV neutrino too seriously . |
| 7 | At the same time the press had been tipped off that the Health Minister was leaving the country on holiday from Heathrow and half a dozen photographers had literally chased on to the runway to photograph him . |
| 8 | I saw an elderly lady with half a lifetime of raffles behind her and half a dozen tea cosies in her drawer , winning yet another tea cosy and , smiling , handing it back to be re-raffled . |
| 9 | Britain has over 50 native butterflies and half a dozen regular visitors from abroad . |
| 10 | McFarlane was then no longer in government ; he travelled to Iran on Reagan 's orders , accompanied by North , Amiram Nir of Israel and half a pallet of missile parts that he hoped to exchange for hostages . |
| 11 | More than a million bulbs have been planted and half a million annuals will succeed them for the summer . |
| 12 | Insulted by Commander Moelchert 's offer of a side of bacon and half a sack of hardtack , the warriors looted the station for flour , sugar , coffee , pots and pans . |
| 13 | On charter flights skis and half a set of golf clubs can be carried free of charge in addition to your baggage allowance , unless otherwise stated . |
| 14 | A customer comes in and half a crown is placed on the counter for cigarettes . |
| 15 | These sheds were low , single spans of reinforced concrete , covering two lines of track and half a platform on each side . |
| 16 | Stranded in the Kalahari desert we had no water and half a packet of Marie biscuits . |
| 17 | Ashore , Alan hunted round the hull , searching for the stuck fly , getting both arms and half a leg wet whilst doing so . |
| 18 | One is a no-through motor road , the other an ancient cart track ; they diverge immediately and then proceed north roughly parallel and half a mile apart . |
| 19 | I opened the lockers to pull out the kit but found that the top had come off a water container and half a gallon had spilt , soaking the tea bags and bursting the envelope which carried my documents . |
| 20 | The proprietor , a young man , even skinnier and shorter than I , with bulging eyes and half a gold tooth , was standing in the doorway wearing an oversized European suit . |
| 21 | A single operation might be three miles long and half a mile wide and would crawl across the landscape at about 700 feet a year , digging up the shale or sand and beginning the processing which will turn it to oil . |
| 22 | And apart from football results and local scandals , most of the stories seemed to deal with dock riots , railway strikes , suffragettes throwing themselves under horses , derelicts in the London embankment and half a million children ill-fed and diseased . |
| 23 | His eldest surviving son , Coleridge 's father , was born in 1719 and attended the Grammar School at Crediton ; but when bankruptcy brought the family low , the younger John , not quite sixteen years of age , ‘ walked off to seek his fortune ’ , taking with him no more than his father 's blessing and half a crown . |
| 24 | When I got back to the block there it was sitting on the table beside the empty bowls waiting for soup : an extra biscuit each , spread with liver paste , and half a quarter pound slab of chocolate . |
| 25 | Who is responsible for ( in the sense of starting ) the various quarrels in any family is usually six of one and half a dozen of the other . |
| 26 | Thirteen and a half seconds after ignition , the booster motor falls away , and half a second later the jet engine starts propelling the missile for the rest of its flight . |
| 27 | Three grates and half a ton of jackdaw muck later , they were back to the colossal 17th-century hearth . |
| 28 | Almond oil ( 90p for 50ml from Boots ) is ideal , or you can make an even richer concoction by adding a teaspoon of warmed clear honey to a tablespoon each of almond , sesame and olive oils and half a tablespoon of glycerine . |
| 29 | Apart from the swine , and a few small fields where corn was grown , and half a dozen apple trees , and the pigeons and the rabbits , the money the travellers spent at the Inn was all the wealth of Ridgery Butts . |
| 30 | ‘ I swear I had had one bucks fizz and half a glass of port . |