Example sentences of "was [adv] half an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perhaps half an hour to an hour later that the Sheikh 's Mercedes drew into the parking lot and a man got out . |
| 2 | By this time Stirling had disappeared and they needed to find him as there was only half an hour of darkness left . |
| 3 | Arthur Peeble had three quarters of an hour allowed for his dinner , but Nan Henderson 's dinner break was only half an hour . |
| 4 | The friend in Italy was only half an answer . |
| 5 | Cameron was already half an hour later than Alexandra had budgeted for him to be . |
| 6 | The May sunset was red in clouds , and there was still half an hour to twilight . |
| 7 | And when Phil Newport was run out for seven Worcestershire were well down the road to their 90 all out — extras top score of twenty one — and it was still half an hour to lunch . |
| 8 | It was nearly half an hour later that the doorbell sounded again . |
| 9 | ‘ Your ten minutes was up half an hour ago , Clare . |
| 10 | In one was a fat , broad-faced man ; the body perfect and soft , as if just dead ; the lid had been glewed together , lengthways , and the weight of the earth had prest down his nose ; his beard was about half an inch long ; the winding-sheet was crape , tied with black ribbons ; and the thumbs and toes with the like ; the date was composed of small nails ( 1665 ) by which it appeared he had been dead seventy-two years ; as were also the figure of an hour-glass , death 's head , and cross bones . |
| 11 | There was about half an hour when It was impossible to sleep because of the noise of military aircraft |
| 12 | Oh , and bu by the way Margot was about half an hour late for work that morning and that was the story that we got . |
| 13 | It was fully half an hour before the farmer and the farmhands beat out all the flames , but they managed it in the end . |