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The phrase "a half hours back" is not correct in written English.
The correct form should be "half an hour back" or "an hour and a half back."
Example: "I called you half an hour back, but you didn't answer."
Alternatives: "half an hour ago" or "thirty minutes ago."
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And now I have to drive nine and a half hours back, and I have to work in the morning.
I got in my rental car, headed for the airport and flew five and a half hours back to New York.
On Thursday, Gartrell and his team traveled two and a half hours to Odessa just to practice on the artificial turf at Ratliff Stadium, stopped for dinner at a hamburger joint ("We like to do it up big time"), then drove two and a half hours back home.
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Then he would drive two-and-a-half hours back to tell me".
"It's a good two and half hours back down the road for our fans.
And, in debating that, at the end of two and a half hours of back and forth, it sounded like marriage equality was headed for a win.
It took them about three and a half hours to paddle back through the driving rain.
About three and a half hours after pushing back, the pilot did inform passengers that he was returning to the gate, as required by the rule.
Three and a half hours later, she's back.
But five and a half hours later they were back.
Then, four and a half hours later, Kristen wrote back, "After thinking about it this afternoon, it is actually very rare that Grace will make a tear.
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