Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] about half [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having completed the steeplechase , I let the horse canter along for about half a kilometre , then I allow him to walk for nearly a whole kilometre , bearing in mind , you will most likely have to ‘ make up time ’ later on . |
| 2 | thing is I do n't think I can but er I mean I might be able to pop in for about half an hour . |
| 3 | Well I do n't go in for about half an hour . |
| 4 | Most people were still using wooden ploughs er which , not only di is it much more difficult to cut the sod with a er wooden plough , but it also cuts only in to about half the depth of an iron plough so you ca n't sort of turn the soil over to anything like the same extent . |
| 5 | small wonder the next England manager agonised so long over a job that any other candidate ( were there any ? ) would have mulled over for about half a second . |
| 6 | The papers are all subjected to these for several Conferences before they 're voted on and we lay great emphasis on achieving consensus on any motion , and I think today on the Palestine/Israel debate , which is obviously a very contentious issue , it went through in about half an hour , very calmly , very peacefully , because a lot of hard work had been done . |
| 7 | and I said who 's that ? and he went oh god , shit we 're in the wrong tent and they went out and you can hear 'em I mean being a tent they 're laughing their head off for about half an hour |
| 8 | No Singapore on the way back , did n't get off the plane though , I mean they only re-fuel , your only allowed off for about half an hour . |
| 9 | We 'll let them get on with about half the ceremony — just in case there are any stragglers . ’ |
| 10 | It was the thought of this that had her standing up after about half an hour in preparation to go to her room . |
| 11 | Nick and Carrie were used to timing them now , fairly accurately : they went out for about half an hour and when they came back be was sitting quiet in the kitchen , reading the paper . |
| 12 | Hollow out the other half of cake to form the sarcophagus base , leaving a rim of at least 1cm ( ½inch ) all the way around , and carving out to about half the depth . |
| 13 | But last year housebuilding bottomed out at about half the level of 1988 and analysts predict a slow upturn in 1992 . |