Example sentences of "it be half a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	‘ It were half a bottle of Evian , 12 grapes , a piece of cheese and a small tomato .
2	It was half a tumbler of whisky .
3	No i er I do n't know people did n't go out of their depth I do n't think , they , it was half a crown or five bob and , and they used to pay , maybe pay it back in bits and bobs .
4	I saw him when we got picked up off the I mean it was half a lifeboat we were left sitting on .
5	It was half a year , he thought , since she had last broached the subject of his bachelor status .
6	It was half a year before she saw him again .
7	It was half a mile to the chip shop , so you had to get a head start .
8	It was half a mile to the bottom of the cliff .
9	It was half a mile from the nearest village , which had become a haven for retired and commuting stockbrokers since the war .
10	It was half a mile before he accelerated level with the Montego in front .
11	Saw all the logs of wood up , put it on a trailer it was half a mile away from the cottage , when we came to the cottage door , give a shout , they all came out one after the other , there was a chain , put it under the stairs and that was us fine for about three weeks
12	It must surely be easier now than it was half a century ago , thanks to the greater contact the public have with sportsmen generally .
13	It was easy to imagine how the tiny volume might have been overlooked , more difficult to conceive that it was half a millennium old .
14	We must always be aware of the ability of people to change the environment , either deliberately or by accident , and of the likelihood that the appearance of the landscape today may not be the same as it was half a millennium ago , when different land uses may have been appropriate .
15	‘ Thank you , darling , ’ she said and punched me vigorously on the arm to tell me to get lost , though it was half a joke , it 's always half a joke with Dodger .
16	it was half a page one were n't it ?

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