Sentence examples for about half a yard from inspiring English sources

"Pretty clear by about half a yard... .. 63 min "'The means matter not a jot, and they are still right in the match," quotes Peter Fremont.

It took about half an hour.

This will take about half an hour.

The storm washed away about half a million cubic yards of sand, officials said, leaving residents dangerously exposed to even modestly inclement weather.

There is much talk about Sinclair, very much the talisman of this Canadian side, having lost half a yard of pace.

Is it because they invent new units of measurement – "half a yard" – or model provincial disco clothes, or talk drivel about "role models"?

But he was half a yard out of his crease".

In the first half the whole group were half a yard off the pace.

Once he had half a yard, he would pass it.

Buy a half a yard (0. 5m) of orange fabric and half a yard (0.5m) of brown fabric.

He'll either win the Heisman or finish a close second in the balloting, and it's not hard to see why: during Wisconsin's seven-game winning streak, Gordon has carried 178 times for 1,389 yards and 14 touchdowns -- an average of more than 7.8 yards per carry, and basically an entire season of rushing yards squeezed into about half a season (given how many fourth-quarter blowouts Gordon sat out).