Example sentences of "a half lengths [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trainer Clive Brittain 's brilliant filly , who won the English and Irish Oaks so easily , completed a classic treble when running away with the Leger , beating Sonus by three and a half lengths with Bonny Scot a neck away third . |
| 2 | In October this seemingly unbeatable filly went to France for the Prix du Conseil Municipal , and here she met her first defeat , beaten two and a half lengths by the 66–1 outsider Presto . |
| 3 | And if the form book is to be believed , Nashwan is clearly No. 1 because Ile De Nisky finished seven and a half lengths behind him at Epsom , but got a length nearer to Old Vic at The Curragh . |
| 4 | He then ran a gallant race when third to Linwell in the Mildmay Memorial Chase over three miles five furlongs at Sandown Park , conceding twenty-three pounds to the winner and finishing only one and a half lengths behind him . |
| 5 | Alphabatim was third , one and a half lengths behind Baynoun , with Crazy fourth . |