Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] [conj] a half " in BNC.

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1 basic of about eight and a half of something
2 The child , a boy of about two and a half , was unconscious and bleeding from a gash on his head .
3 I mean I 've only got some figures here up to the twenty fourth of February , and in that particular week we sold about thirteen and a half thousand U K holidays , as against the week last year of about five and a half , so we 've obviously seen a fairly major growth in U K holidays , but , as I said , we spent about a hundred thousand pounds on promotion , so we 're very pleased with the uptake of business coming in .
4 In this backward , square or forward short leg position he held most of his 375 catches , a startlingly high average of almost one and a half catches per match .
5 Minus one wing it was carefully moved inside with just two and a half inches clearance from the tail and the side of the building !
6 This probably explains why menarche the age of which er menstruation begins menarche er why the age of menarche has dropped progressively in the last century from about fifteen and a half to about twelve and a half er today .
7 I think so , just about , now put those slippers on Arthur , you 've got a cold coming now you drink it while it 's hot , that 's a good lad oh I 've put the pudding on now , so it 'll have to steam for about two hours at least two and a half
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