Example sentences of "[v-ing] for half [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | A HANDMADE Lonsdale skipping rope is standard issue for boxers and will dramatically improve fitness and stamina — skipping for ten minutes is equivalent to jogging for half an hour . |
2 | On April 6 Brightness was lasooed and after struggling for half an hour was ignominiously hauled from the water . |
3 | Staff were split into quality teams , meeting for half an hour each week , with team leaders meeting weekly , also for half an hour , to discuss suggestions raised by staff . |
4 | When the big wigs arrived , however , they were barely acknowledged by a dour receptionist , told to sit in a grubby waiting area strewn with cigarette ends and empty coffee cups , and kept waiting for half an hour without either apology or explanation . |
5 | When you call at reception , you 're not kept waiting for half an hour , and the receptionists do n't even forget your name . |
6 | ‘ Emily ’ she says , ‘ do n't you think you could stop talking for half an hour ? |
7 | and not Norman , it 's the other one one of them anyway , he said hello Christopher where 's your mum ? talking for half an hour ! |
8 | He must have been gouging for half an hour when an idea seemed to strike him . |
9 | It can also involve destruction of furniture , hitting people , hurting themselves , and screaming for half an hour or more . |
10 | As long as the men time I mean , perhaps it would take sixty men working for half an hour . |