Example sentences of "it in half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remove any damaged outer leaves from the lettuce , cut it in half , then place cut side down on a board and thinly shred each half , using a sharp knife . |
| 2 | ‘ You break it in half and just stick it against your skin , and it stays there . ’ |
| 3 | Suddenly he reached across and snatched the photograph out of the Woman 's hand , ripping it in half and dropping the pieces on the floor . |
| 4 | Mrs Hollidaye spooned some chunks of marrow on to a slice of bread , cut it in half , and put it gently into Dot 's hand . |
| 5 | They said that , in the narrow passageway , a corridor whose opposite walls I can touch comfortably with two hands , I had picked up an aluminium chair , ripped it in half , swung it around and hit a policeman with it so hard that he had to shield his head . |
| 6 | Next time I was doing a partial water change , I decided to investigate further , and took the piece of coral , complete with mushroom polyps , out of the tank , and working quickly to avoid damaging the polyps , cracked it in half with a cold chisel . |
| 7 | If one of his drawings went wrong , he tore it in half with an angry gesture . |
| 8 | She held it between her forefingers and thumbs and neatly tore it in half . |
| 9 | ‘ They were sawing it in half and heaving all these rocks around on the Saturday morning trying to make it look like anything other than a total abortion . |
| 10 | Benin turned back to Vasili then gripped the cassette in both hands and snapped it in half , allowing the tape to spill out on to the road . |
| 11 | Take the first strip and fold it in half . |
| 12 | Then fold it in half again , and fold it in half again , and finally , fold it in half once . |
| 13 | Then fold it in half again , and fold it in half again , and finally , fold it in half once . |
| 14 | Then fold it in half again , and fold it in half again , and finally , fold it in half once . |
| 15 | Fold it in half and use the folded edge as the centre of the band . |
| 16 | Cut it in half then ? |
| 17 | And instead of having a few puffs and , and saving and throwing two dog ends away you did n't see that , they 'd just break it in half and have half each . |
| 18 | With a look that she did n't know what to make of at all , he walked across to the revolving stand that held coats much like the one he was wearing , removed the sign that said ‘ Guaranteed Waterproof ’ , and tore it in half . |
| 19 | And then , having cut it in half , turn again and again at the charge to carve it , neatly , for Thorfinn 's well-placed and well-protected infantry to engulf and slaughter . |
| 20 | Normally it takes three or four years to complete the apprenticeship , but Reay helped by his ten year 's experience of weaving and considerable determination , achieved it in half the time . |
| 21 | Jim did it in half an hour . |
| 22 | When Mrs Thatcher first came into power , she got hold of the pound note , held it up and tore it in half and then tore it into a quarter , and she said this is what the pound 's worth under the Labour government . |
| 23 | It 's only thirty-seven or thirty-eight miles to Stratford — and Lewis here once managed it in half an hour . ’ |
| 24 | Can you make it in half an hour 's time , you know . |
| 25 | We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half . |
| 26 | We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half . |
| 27 | Perhaps , observed the longtime satirist , he should cut it in half . |
| 28 | Split it in half . |
| 29 | He goes and breaks it in half when his lost . |
| 30 | You had to fold it in half to get it on . |