Example sentences of "[vb base] about half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well shipping Angus , so you know when the dredgers go on er er er creeping ahead , see we used to have er what we call the head wire there used to be a wire which was all stretched out say about half a mile and what you s and erm and all according what erm how much mud you were dredging for the depth of water and then my father would give the signal to say right , cos on the , on the head wire used to have a pull , we call the pulls and they were like er a jutted piece off the wheel and he 'd say five pulls ahead and we 'd say one two three four five right and we went ahead with it and then when we were dredging sidewards you see , used to sidewards , you never went ahead with it , not all the time you c you went sidewards across the river , and erm once you got ahead your side chains they moving up cos you got so far ahead th that the side chains were n't much good to you , so you had to then move your side chains so you got a little off the mud in an old boat and then re further up the river . |
| 2 | Say about half ten eleven . |
| 3 | They send about half this size . |
| 4 | I recollect about half past ten that evening on the fourth . |
| 5 | The men earn about half a crown per day in summer , and two shillings in winter ’ . |
| 6 | The grants announced yesterday cover about half of the funding for the higher education sector . |
| 7 | The main concentrations occur at Chichester and Rye Harbour gravel pits , where flocks of up to 400 birds are regular and which , combined , hold about half the county population . |
| 8 | In the centre put the crushed clove of garlic , the bay leaf and twig of thyme ; mill a little black pepper over the meat and add about half a pint of cold water . |
| 9 | A completely new bathroom will cost between £1,000 and £2,000 , and add about half its value to the home . |
| 10 | It is a prayerful and meaningful service which usually last about half an hour . |
| 11 | He then helped police recover about half the stolen items . |
| 12 | Allow about half a bottle of wine per person or the equivalent in other drinks . |
| 13 | Pour about half a litre of near-boiling water into a bowl and add two to four drops of essential oil . |
| 14 | Biddy did not speak for some time , and stood considering them in a way that made them all feel about half their usual size . |
| 15 | The speed skaters go about half that speed , but danger slides at you from every corner . |
| 16 | turn right there and go about half half a mile , three quarters of a mile down , you got The Yacht pub |
| 17 | You could always say , oh well er they did n't stop me and you claim about half a million hey that 's not bad drop something on your foot and say |
| 18 | Use about half the usual quantity of butter or hard margarine on vegetables . |
| 19 | Leave about half an inch between your big toe and the end of the shoe . |
| 20 | If the condom does n't have a teat , leave about half an inch free at the tip to hold the semen . |
| 21 | Yet families living in overcrowded conditions in Newham , Southwark and Tower Hamlets increased from 16,000 to 25,000 between 1984 and 1988 , at which date about half the dwellings in these three boroughs were classified as unsatisfactory ( Docklands Consultative Committee , 1988 ) . |
| 22 | Take about half the remaining red fondant ( 100g/4oz ) and roll it to a very thick strip , about 1cm ( ½inch ) deep and wide . |
| 23 | ‘ Soon have him free — take about half an hour to cut through that lot . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah , she come about half past twelve ? |
| 25 | ‘ I would play for about one hour and then have about half an hour fitness training . |
| 26 | UI says its member companies are now circulating the document among users estimating they have about half the copies in print . |
| 27 | A century ago there were empires whose boundaries were difficult for outside traders to penetrate ; now exporters of communications products and services experience difficulties in entering the domestic markets of such large population nations as China , India , USSR , USA , Indonesia , Japan , and Brazil — nations which together have about half the world 's people . |
| 28 | This process goes on until you have about half a teacupful of ravel left . |
| 29 | It costs about 20 to make a tonne of waste derived fuel pellets and these have about half the calorific value of coal . |
| 30 | Many of us are in here at seven o'clock in the morning because that is noon time over there and so we only have about half a day to work together . |