Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] the half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buoyed by this , the 'Mere forwards rallied and for most of the remainder of the half they at least managed to hold their own ball in the scrum . |
| 2 | The remainder of the half was evenly contested . |
| 3 | Stretch this around the holder over the half hole , to form a gripper , and press drawing pins through the rubber into the material between the holes to maintain tension . |
| 4 | The pick of the half bottles , wines with food and Spar stores come of age |
| 5 | I then could nt bear to listen to the radio for the rest of the half , so I decided to occupy myself for 40 mins . |
| 6 | In a ‘ stop run ’ organised by the landlord of the Half Moon on St. Paul 's Street during Christmas 1776 , the Mercury reported that ‘ several people were toss 'd , and one man , terribly bruis 'd and gor 'd in the face , by which it is fear 'd he will lose one of his eyes ’ and in 1785 the underbutler of Burghley House was killed when the bull suddenly turned on him . |
| 7 | This signalled the arrival of the half of the school that had NOT been early for assembly , who tried to enter the sports hall at the same time as the half that had just been thrown out tried to exit . |
| 8 | Swivel housing oil seal , hub oil seal , the gasket between the drive flange and the hub or the felt washer on the end of the half shaft . |
| 9 | but of course erm as a sort of public to the er , er a gesture to the public erm but one stage during the war when things were getting a bit grim on the war front , it was decided that erm , we should work extra hours as erm , to show that we were pulling our weight , so we used to , instead of starting at nine o'clock until erm half past five , and working on Saturdays as well of course , erm , we had to start at half past eight and finish at six and it was a bit of a fiasco really because nobody erm , you know , well the end of the half past five you were pretty well tired out so erm the rest of the time |
| 10 | There were significant boos at the end of the half . |
| 11 | Or the aroma from the half of a poached deer that 's hanging behind your scullery door . |
| 12 | Jake spoke ; his voice was different , deeper and more echoing , as if he spoke in the language of the half mortals . |
| 13 | He has more than likely planned the expedition for the half of the day when it is not Northumberland Avenue 's turn for heating . |