Example sentences of "a half [noun pl] and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A total of six and a half hours and we were over the small , dying town of Wyndham . |
| 2 | That 's five and a half hours and we 've got to be there at two |
| 3 | Experienced planners could do this job in three or four hours — we had to arrange four meetings each lasting three and a half hours and they still only just got it done . |
| 4 | By 2.00 though the pains were every one and a half minutes and I was only 2cms dilated. was sitting eating sandwiches and I was starving hungry . |
| 5 | We had been held for three and a half years and we still had no idea when we might be released . |
| 6 | I 've gained a great deal of experience these psst two and a half years and I think I could manage a stud farm quite easily now . |
| 7 | Er I myself and many others were here for two and a half years and I submit to you that this is a considerable portion of one 's adult lifetime and consequently , the experiences of the last three days have been very meaningful and very moving to those of us who did spend such a portion of our lives here in this place . |
| 8 | It took three and a half months and I was just wondering about it the whole time and I thought , ‘ Man , it 's either going to be so good that I 'm never going to want to play another guitar , or it 's going to suck . |
| 9 | then I turned round and says no you have n't you 've got eight and a half weeks and he has n't he 's got twelve and a half . |