Example sentences of "[art] half [noun pl] after [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Dowling , race secretary and one-time competitor ( but unfortunately never winner ) , told me that five and a half hours was reasonable but the first-class walkers could be expected about four and a half hours after the start . |
| 2 | In one recent case the victim of a stabbing died two and a half years after the incident , having been kept on a life-support machine for almost the entire time . |
| 3 | And there was perhaps not so much to laugh at in that ; for by North 's trial , two and a half years after the breaking of the scandal , the overwhelming majority of Americans had come to feel much the same way . |
| 4 | The last few patients , mainly elderly , have now been moved to other hospitals and today staff were sadly clearly up after a farewell party , three and a half years after the research ward opened . |
| 5 | Therefore , three and a half years after the accident , Dawn accepted the amount offered , which was sufficient to pay back the £70,000 her father had spent on her treatment and a specially adapted car , and to provide her with an ongoing income to cover her living expenses . |
| 6 | However , he took evening classes in some subjects , and started part-time work about three and a half years after the accident . |
| 7 | Two and a half weeks after the accident , he began to regain consciousness . |