Example sentences of "[vb past] a half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reuters reported a half year profit before tax of £187.4m , a rise of 10.2% on the previous period . |
| 2 | Lasmo reported a half year profit before tax of £72m ( v £132m ) . |
| 3 | Legal & General reported a half year profit before tax of £74m ( v £56m ) . |
| 4 | However , in August 1734 , a month after their first son was baptised , Philip Miller appears in the Parish Rate Books as occupier of a house in Swan Walk , for which he paid a half yearly rate of 14/- , reduced to 10/6d. two years later . |
| 5 | In fact , I only became a half decent painter after I got into art college . |
| 6 | They tended to be schoolteachers , academics and the recently retired ; against them were ranged builders , farmers and most of those who , by luck or good management , owned a half acre or derelict cottage ripe for profitable transformation . |
| 7 | In spite of his admiration for Baron of Buchlyvie , and having been so keen to purchase it , Kilpatrick sold a half share in the horse to his rival , William Dunlop . |
| 8 | Allen Paulson , who sold a half share to Sheik Mohammed for ten million dollars , reasoned he 's either not trained on or needs a psychiatrist . |
| 9 | One produced a half gallon flagon of Johnnie Walker Red Label and six little cups . |
| 10 | if she buses she got a half hour walk there |
| 11 | Chasing 199 , which included a half century from Ireland all-rounder Paul McCrum , the north Belfast side managed just for nine with Chris Davis top-scoring with 35 . |
| 12 | The second stone had more force behind it , but Rose took a half step back as she threw it and it went wide . |
| 13 | And I already took a half day off flexi leave . |
| 14 | In an attempt to retrieve it gracefully , I did a half turn ; the backs of my knees hit the arm of one of a pair of chairs and I toppled backwards over the chair and landed on my hat , wedged between the chairs with my legs in the air . |
| 15 | They stopped briefly at Smellie 's tobacconist while Charlie bought a half ounce , then continued through the drizzle to the narrow cobbled street where their cottage was . |
| 16 | Oh I did n't have a whole one , I bought a half one . |
| 17 | He gave a half laugh . |
| 18 | ‘ Even I gave a half cheer when I heard that , ’ declares Pamela . |
| 19 | The church attracted quite large congregations and the Sunday School not only offered pupils a full day trip to the sea during the summer but also splendid Christmas treats , thus somewhat upstaging the Anglicans who had a half day trip to the New Forest with an ordinary Christmas Tea . |
| 20 | The shop was often at its busiest on a Saturday , when the farmers came in , or the men who had a half day themselves were marched in by wives to have themselves fitted out by Mr Hogan , or Mike the old assistant , the tailor who had been there since time immemorial . |
| 21 | The kitchen opened into a very pleasant sitting-room , which had a door leading to a little dairy on the right and then to the stairs which had a half landing with a tiny window looking out at the back . |
| 22 | On our return to Abergynolwyn we had a half hour wait to allow the Talyllyn 's vintage train to pass through and this allowed us to get a snack in the refreshment room . |
| 23 | He had a half smile on his face and his green eyes were suddenly alive with excitement . |
| 24 | If they had a half decent team then perhaps they would warrant a few more column inches ! ! |
| 25 | She said he had a half a pound of raw liver yesterday mum . |
| 26 | On I had a half day on Wednesday |
| 27 | They extended a half inch beyond my toes but the way he spoke you 'd think I was John A. ‘ Snowshoe ’ Thomson . |