Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [be] half a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His officers were aghast , pointing out that the minimum turning circle was half a mile and did their best to dissuade him . |
| 2 | In the Stadtpark just behind the swimming pool , the cars parked under the chestnut trees were half an inch deep in confetti-like blossom . |
| 3 | The town centre is half a mile away but there are shops and cafés on the main road close by . |
| 4 | The drinking-up time is half an hour for people taking meals if the liquor was supplied ancillary to meals . |
| 5 | A bank is taking court action over the former Tory Party chairman 's half a million pound overdraft . |