Sentence examples for complain half from inspiring English sources

MARKETING executives used to complain, "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; I just don't know which half".

"I have to get home," he complained, half joking that McCain was keeping him hostage.

He complained half-heartedly to the fourth official that Ballack had shoved Ferreira for the third goal but you could tell he knew the game was up.

The Milan daily Corriere della Sera recently quoted him half complaining and half boasting about being treated like a king whose royal touch is thought to have healing powers.

She quotes students who complain that "half the class" take antidepressants; that the pressure is unbearable; that professors read aloud and mock students' answers on quizzes; that the system runs on a "policy of intimidation"; that the constant cramming gets in the way of thinking.

My upstairs neighboors started to complain about half-way through, saying that they couldn't leave their windows open because their apartment would smell like smoke.

As the MPs expenses crisis deepens, this just in from the Press Association... Angry MPs today complained that half the seats reserved for them in one of the Palace of Westminster's cafes were now being made available to the general public.

I don't share the view of one English friend who complained that half a million Glaswegians could end up making a decision about Britain in which he had no say.

Visitors popped in and out of the room, and at one point a nurse complained that half a dozen Greek men were clustered around the nurse's station, flirting and drinking wine.

But some ministers seem to have already made their minds up: at the Labour Party conference, Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, complained that half of the places at Oxford and Cambridge went to pupils from private schools even though these educate only 7% of British children.

The government has previously claimed that 95% of the country should have access to "superfast" broadband by the end of 2017, but last month Cameron's successor Theresa May highlighted the scale of the challenge when she complained that "half of people living in rural areas, and so many small businesses, can't get a decent connection".