Example sentences of "[prep] six and [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I had genuine friends at the Oval after six and a half years . |
| 2 | Mr later on in her evidence said , quote , I consider that after six and a half years , I deserve to have a life of my own , it is not a prison sentence , I have done nothing wrong , I wish to be free to give assistance at my choice , we can not continue to live in our present home , Michael and I can not continue to look after Anna in the way we have . |
| 3 | I 've been restraining myself for six and a half years ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A total of six and a half hours and we were over the small , dying town of Wyndham . |
| 7 | The period of six and a half years should be divided into two sections . |
| 8 | ‘ It was the best news I have had in six and a half years . ’ |
| 9 | Under her , there have been 30–35 standing-committees and just over 120 ad hocs in six and a half years . |
| 10 | Both the father and mother have already put in six and a half years of devoted care and certainly physically and perhaps mentally the strains are beginning to tell . |
| 11 | Few would deny the convenience for shoppers of large numbers of local stores with long opening hours on six and a half days each week , but there is no doubt that consumers pay for the convenience . |
| 12 | 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 . |