Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] half " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I 'd lost half a stone in weight . |
| 2 | I 'd opened half of it and the letter was in the other half . |
| 3 | I 'd had half a tab at prayers in the morning but it had worn off by now . |
| 4 | Whoever was about to emerge from beneath the dripping straw roof of this tiny hut on this minute hamlet on the eastern edge of this unknown volcanic islet was the first person in the world to rise on this February Saturday morning : Homo Pacificus , the symbol of all I had travelled half a world to see . |
| 5 | I was uneasy in the dark and would have turned on the torch except that after only one fifth of the journey I had used half my batteries . |
| 6 | Then I was showered with the realisation that I had spent half a working day thinking these thoughts , during which time , if I had put a foot wrong , I would have immediately proved , to some people 's satisfaction , the innate unsuitability of women for this kind of work ; and that clinched it ; and I wrote the letter and confirmed the complaint . |
| 7 | I had to pay some money , I just forget now , very little but er as I 've said half a dozen times now , I always wanted to do what was right , you know , and I aim to do that . |
| 8 | So I 've recorded half an hour of tape already up here . |
| 9 | Oh , God , I 've lost half my |
| 10 | I do n't even think I 've done half of these yet |
| 11 | and I 've done half a term of |
| 12 | I 've eaten half the chicken . |
| 13 | I 've eaten half of them ! |
| 14 | there you go I 've made half the effort you make the other half |
| 15 | ‘ I 've just signed Schwarzenegger for a three-movie deal , my wife 's oil paintings are going to be shown in a major London gallery , my son got first-class honours at Oxford and I 've won half a million on the pools . ’ |
| 16 | I 've had half of it , there about I tell you Chris had leave got get a new carpet when kids have come back |
| 17 | Then on a smile , he added , ‘ Very inadequately , it seems , because I 've scared half of the patients away . ’ |
| 18 | I 've wasted half my life in misery and loneliness , but now I 've found you . |
| 19 | I 've burnt half the food waiting for you , ’ Stephen snapped impatiently as she joined him by the smoking barbecue . |
| 20 | Early morning 's not my best time , specially when I 've spent half the night dreaming terrible dreams and the other half listening to some loon droning on about turtles in Japan — but it was great dawdling along by the river . |
| 21 | But for the most part he shouted , ‘ How come if I 'm the Devil Incarnate , I 've spent half this book down here in this poxy little room ? ’ |
| 22 | I 've got half a dozen billeted on me at the moment . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got half the New York police force in the corridor and bodyguards in every adjoining room , ’ Mobuto cut in sharply . |
| 24 | That maybe the idea , but there are so many things to be done by voluntary workers if people would only say well I 've got half an hour an hour it could be so much of an advantage to whoever they 're giving their services to because we 're having to cut costs on this and costs on that an hour or two given voluntary would cover those jobs that we ca n't get the money to pay for . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got half , I get paid the rest when it 's over . |
| 26 | I 've got half an aubergine and I 'm not going to make a veg pie anyway , it 's a beauty is n't it . |
| 27 | The only thing , I was telling you I 've got half of mum 's . |
| 28 | Oh I 've got half a tin of cat food for your cat June . |
| 29 | Yeah , I 've got half a in the fridge , actually . |
| 30 | Like , I 've got half a pepper , and a piece of cheese and some , some kind of sp spread . |