Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] half [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , 100 kilos of lavender yields almost 3 litres of essential oil , whereas 100 kilos of rose petals can yield only half a litre of oil . |
| 2 | Tailors in 1814 were very much on a level in terms of real wages with 1795 , but in the intervening years had been significantly down on that level in eight years , and very seriously below it in 1800 and 1801 when their weekly wage would buy only half the quantity of bread it had purchased from 1777 to 1795 . |
| 3 | I watch I 'll probably watch about half an hour tonight , an hour tomorrow night . |
| 4 | American car companies now reckon they will use about half the number of suppliers they once did . |
| 5 | It w it 'll take erm roughly about erm it 'll perhaps stop about half the light |
| 6 | He said the increase to £4.25 would affect about half the population and could lead to some hard-up patients being forced to go without certain treatments . |
| 7 | If I do that two or three times I can make about half the cost of the room per day at the hotel — honestly . ’ |
| 8 | In general terms , a paragraph should have several sentences , and might cover about half a page of A4 ( about 100 to 150 words ) . |
| 9 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 10 | Headmaster — We will have only half a day at school this morning . |
| 11 | Er so I said , Alright I 'll stop taking them which I did n't anyway , but a lot of people used to took them but some used to take er when it when the periods were due they 'd take about half a box , I mean instead of taking two , er two one day and two the next they 'd take about half a box . |
| 12 | Er so I said , Alright I 'll stop taking them which I did n't anyway , but a lot of people used to took them but some used to take er when it when the periods were due they 'd take about half a box , I mean instead of taking two , er two one day and two the next they 'd take about half a box . |
| 13 | The process will take about half an hour , will require two reels of tape and will be initiated by the Computer Services Department operator at 08.00 , whenever a transfer to the Working-Set has taken place on the previous night . |
| 14 | I hope that got us through the little post-lunch siesta period , erm , we 're going to do another er , time management game now which will take about half an hour , and I need to split you up once again into groups , erm , okay . |
| 15 | Martin Clarke , who will serve only half the term , was three times over the legal limit when he struck David Adams as he cycled home from the supermarket on 21 December . |
| 16 | so many so very often it happens but for me too I shall go just half an hour |
| 17 | Industry and agriculture would pay about half the bill , the government the other half . |
| 18 | The producer did finally arrive about half an hour into the party , and he scurried around meeting everyone , making up for his earlier absence . |
| 19 | Well us lot must walk about half a mile a day you know . |
| 20 | The USAF will operate about half the total from Alconbury , and most of the rest will carry equipment to detect enemy radars . |
| 21 | Well as I say dock area , they might live about half a mile away that was all . |
| 22 | That homework should last approximately half an hour or whatever it consists of , erm reading , written work , finishing off drawing research whatever that homework should be handed in the next day , form teachers to remind classes of this and to co-ordinate delivery of the books , papers etcetera to the member of teaching staff and that the non production of homework is to be the concern of the member of of teaching staff and not the form teacher , although regular non producers will be the concern of us all . |
| 23 | I once saw Eddie travel nearly half a mile like that . |
| 24 | I thought it would last about half an hour . |