Example sentences of "he [verb] half [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I remember ghastly evenings when we sat round willing him to write half a line or finish a stanza and he could n't do it , it would n't come out . |
2 | ‘ Of course I wanted him to produce me , I love his work , but I only wanted him to produce half the album and I wanted to work with other producers . |
3 | But of course he got half the value of Trafford Hall , which was quarter of a million ? |
4 | Then he swam half a mile to shore against a strong current . |
5 | He has half an eye on where the gun went . |
6 | Though he despised the dinginess of the impulse , he transferred half the money in their joint bank account into one of his own at another branch . |
7 | I met him at Aunt Alicia 's because he rented half the house , and then I helped him with the horses . |
8 | ‘ How come , if he 's the Devil Incarnate , does he spend half the book down there in that poxy little room ? |
9 | ‘ He arrived half an hour ago and said he wanted to see you urgently . |
10 | He poured half a glass of neat Scotch , raised it to Leonora who had seated herself in an arm chair , erect and elegant . |
11 | The faces watched him as he walked half the length of the hut , searchlights following him , and Holly went briskly as if by the speed of his step fourteen years might somehow trickle faster through the future 's fingers . |
12 | He spent half a day teaching me about the various policies and endowments , the way to figure cash surrender values , the matter of group insurance , and the various approaches to a prospect by the insurance salesman . |
13 | He spent half the year in the saddle , touring villages to collect revenues , dispense justice as a magistrate ( with the power to send miscreants to prison for up to two years ) and even to inspect opium dens . |
14 | He spent half an hour in the restaurant , drinking coffee . |
15 | After lunch he spent half an hour with McGowan in an outdoor café by the river . |
16 | For centuries he has been looked upon as a sex maniac whose only interest in kittens is to kill them if he gets half a chance . |
17 | Consequently , as most lecturers will be assessed at both extremes of a general rating scale , any lecturer will do well if he pleases half the audience . |
18 | I think she would of liked it er if her son was with her , she would really of liked him to be with her so that , cos she said he , he owns half the house |
19 | RESCUERS last night told how they coaxed a man out of a suicide bid as he drifted half a mile out to sea in a child 's dinghy . |
20 | He fetches half a tree in his dripping mouth and insists on me throwing it for him to fetch . |
21 | She clutched a black shawl above a patched and shabby skirt , her eyes sunken in her gaunt face , and on an impulse he put half a crown in her hand and hurried away . |
22 | He farms half an acre of a friend 's land in Mid-Glamorgan . |
23 | I do n't think he listens half the time . |
24 | Henry was so infuriated by the childlike look of loss on his face he had half a mind to give him some . |
25 | He had half an hour before Ruane took him to dinner . |
26 | Now Bartholomew agreed to conceal the purse on condition that he had half the treasure whilst we shared the rest . |
27 | Horbury , of Pontypool , Gwent , admitted he drank half a bottle of whisky that night . |