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It was now half-past five, and half-an-hour later, when the last of the day lost itself in a dim and furious twilight, I sighted a third boat.
Chapter 17 2010
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Fully half-an-hour went by, and then I saw Johnson and Louis in some sort of altercation.
Chapter 6 2010
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She suggested keeping the Princess out of the freezer, and working on her for half-an-hour a day.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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In half-an-hour I sighted the second one, swamped and bottom up, to which were desperately clinging Jock Horner, fat Louis, and Johnson.
Chapter 17 2010
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Within half-an-hour, he corrects a year of bad habits: my arms once flailed behind me, now they go in front.
Karin Badt: Surf and Yoga: A New Way to Experience Morocco Karin Badt 2011
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She suggested keeping the Princess out of the freezer, and working on her for half-an-hour a day.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jean 2009
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I am a slow and clumsy knitter – half-an-hour would be closer to half-a-repeat, for me.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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I am a slow and clumsy knitter – half-an-hour would be closer to half-a-repeat, for me.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jean 2009
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Yesterday I abandoned it, and felt as one does half way through an exam when one realises one has attempted the wrong questions, or half-an-hour before a dinner party when you suddenly grasp that the recipe is too complicated.
Archive 2009-06-01 Jean 2009
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Within half-an-hour, he corrects a year of bad habits: my arms once flailed behind me, now they go in front.
Karin Badt: Surf and Yoga: A New Way to Experience Morocco Karin Badt 2011
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