Example sentences of "a half [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three and a half tonnes of home made explosives were inside , needing only seconds to prime . |
| 2 | Discussing a character and finding an outline of what is required in a half hour tutorial can save a lot or time on a tight rehearsal schedule . |
| 3 | Summer skiing : Kaprun 's glacier is just a half hour bus ride away . |
| 4 | At their very edges the sea encroaches far in at roughly twelve and a half hour intervals , and then retreats . |
| 5 | A half hour before , the massive lock gates which separated the dock basin from the estuary had been opened to allow the ancient Russian ship to enter . |
| 6 | There 's still a one and a half hour gap to be accounted for , and any link between Pinder and Dominic Wetherby would change the emphasis completely . |
| 7 | The people taking part commit themselves to half an hour of scripture based prayer each day and a half hour meeting with a ‘ Prayer Guide ’ each evening when they receive personal guidance . |
| 8 | And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper . |
| 9 | They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast ! |
| 10 | A half hour massage costs £12.50 . |
| 11 | As the centre of the latter is only a half hour 's walk away , many of its attractions are the same ( and for these please see entry for Topp 's Hotel ) . |
| 12 | And , of course , he 's so revered for this sleight-of-hand that he 's constructed a two and a half hour show to appeal mainly to his legions of cultish disciples who 've been waiting quite a few years for him to make sense again . |
| 13 | A two and a half hour flight from Heathrow or Gatwick will take you to Faro and from there it is just a brief drive to one of Europe 's best established resorts : Vale do Lobo , a 1,000-acre estate with outstanding sporting and recreational facilities . |
| 14 | Having located the vessel , a yacht called Sualidaz with three people aboard , FAB 3 towed her into Weymouth — a two and a half hour tow at abut 8 knots . |
| 15 | The two and a half hour plenary session this afternoon will provide a forum to bring the insights of the workshops to everyone at the conference and to make practical suggestions for the way forward . |
| 16 | I did n't do this I d I did n't quite finish this one cos we only had erm one and a half hour to do the two-hour paper like . |
| 17 | By 1920 , 7 million workers had gained an average six and a half hour reduction in the working week — the equivalent , almost , of what we now see as a full day 's work . |
| 18 | But if , if , if Alwyn makes his normal contribution during his thirty six and a half hour week |
| 19 | Did we go I er I 'm now I 'm pretty sure we went home for a seven and a half hour day in twenty one , pretty sure that 's what one of the things that we did . |
| 20 | Seven and a half hour day , that was the idea . |
| 21 | Met at airport , change money , three and a half hour drive in the cool morning to Yalikavak . |
| 22 | To ensure you get a full charge , just leave on for a half hour or so longer than normal . |
| 23 | Or are you still going to tell me that you were alone , alone all evening except for a half hour in a café ? ’ |
| 24 | I had about a half hour to kill , I reckoned . |
| 25 | " Spring tide , seven and a half hour 's ebb , low tide at 12 . " |
| 26 | The outgoing doctor — a Glaswegian called Dave Robertson — gave me a half hour tour of the makeshift clinic saying , ‘ this is the microscope for malaria slides , this is the operating table , this is the equipment for pulling out teeth … |
| 27 | Occasionally I treated myself to a half hour browse in a bookshop . |
| 28 | On our return to Abergynolwyn we had a half hour wait to allow the Talyllyn 's vintage train to pass through and this allowed us to get a snack in the refreshment room . |
| 29 | We arrived at the lake at about 7.30a.m. after approximately a four and a half hour drive to find two lovely lakes , one , with a chalet on stilts , about seventeen acres and another smaller lake by its side about four and a half acres . |
| 30 | For example , the morning play on the Saturday was condensed into a half hour package and there was some great stuff in the morning . |