Example sentences of "half [art] time [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They use the handouts you give them — but half the time they put some snide twist on the story . |
| 2 | I 'd better have about three cos half the time they have n't bloody got them up there |
| 3 | More than just that shop where you go in you can go all round and wander round and you do n't see anybody only filling the shelves up and half the time they do n't even , ca n't even advise you where to go can they you know . |
| 4 | ‘ Half the time they do n't turn up , ’ Babur says . |
| 5 | Half the time we carry on as if we did n't have a body : and we only think about our bodies if they trouble us — if we 're hungry or in pain . |
| 6 | The problem is , the problem is though , half the time you put into a situation , where , I , I , I was due er , a week 's holiday , and two weeks previous to that , I was actually changed contract so I was there on this new contract , and in a fortnight I was going to take a holiday , and sort of , well I ca n't stop you from taking your holiday , but you know , it 's , that sort of problem is n't it . |
| 7 | Not only ca n't you always get what you want , half the time you get what you do n't need either . |
| 8 | It ought to make you feel ashamed , Sebastian , to think half the time you do n't bother to make use of all the facilities that are offered to you — you just take it all for granted . |
| 9 | ‘ Half the time you have this little-girl-lost look — like when we walked into this bar tonight — and then suddenly you look all determined and hard . ’ |
| 10 | Cos every time I turn around yeah cos you two always sort of w looking at me and whispering and , you know , m half the time you have been talking about me cos I 've heard you mention my name and it 's not very nice . |
| 11 | Half the time I keep forgetting to switch it on ! |
| 12 | I mean half the time I think I do n't remember anything because er er , people are so busy blooming playing around and |
| 13 | Half the time I do n't even understand what they are fighting about . ’ |
| 14 | We should not just go through the Lobbies — half the time I do so without knowing for what I am voting . |