Example sentences of "been half " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the turn of the century industrial production in Belorussia had been half that of the average for Russia as a whole . |
| 2 | Towards dawn , she said to his sleeping back that he loved his employers more than he loved her and if he had been half the man he thought himself , he would have left them rather than abandon her . |
| 3 | It was an enormously thorough and comprehensive review of the case , running to four volumes and more than 1200 pages , yet it would have been better if it had been half the length and taken half the time . |
| 4 | ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ would n't have been half the phenomenon it was without that promo vid . |
| 5 | IMF statistics show that throughout the last decade German interest rates have consistently been half those of the UK . |
| 6 | I 've wanted you all the time , that 's what 's been half the trouble , thinking I was never going to have you again . " |
| 7 | But since we 've been on the flats , there 's probably been half a dozen muggings . |
| 8 | Dierdriu said gently , ‘ Had you been half siblings , something might have been permitted . |
| 9 | It really was er of the sort , you know , if Cleopatra 's nose had been half an inch longer , history would have all been different , you know , that , that kind of trivia . |
| 10 | Well er , she said they had this This is Your Life on and Neil was in the room in the lounge like and he 'd sort of been half watching it and then he said urgh mum ! |
| 11 | Well , they moved off and then just getting back to sleep must of been half an hour after we 'd and heard this voice shout what you doing ? |
| 12 | Er it must have been half ten , eleven o'clock , if not later I suppose . |
| 13 | Just as , er just as well you did n't go out because erm you could have been half way out there in the plane or whate when erm |