Example sentences of "of [v-ing] half [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , even with the practice of awarding half a star over the minimum grading the system is not entirely satisfactory as standards and even prices very enormously in each star grade . |
| 2 | They will wince at the idea of paying for their children 's school books or having their gallstones removed , but think nothing of spending half a year 's income on a car . |
| 3 | I lingered , on the pretext of finishing half a glass of champagne . |
| 4 | The undercarriage included a crane-necked perch with semi-circular springs which were each capable , it was estimated , of bearing half a ton . |
| 5 | He could tell of earning half a crown a week and leading the horse pulling the Putney clubs ' boats home from Henley , and of the visit of Harvard to race Cambridge at Putney in 1906 . |
| 6 | Instead of burning half the fag darling . |