Sentence examples for off the half from inspiring English sources

She later backed off the "half" part but stood by her general sentiment.

When I mentioned that it felt like being submerged in an ocean, my words bounced off the half shell and echoed.

These, said Justin Isaf, 29, are just the kinds of virtual anxiety pellets that torment a contented couch potato, whose big exertion of the evening might be finding a clean-enough cup to finish off the half bottle of wine from the day before yesterday that is still drinkable, kind of.

And Waterhouse capped off the half with a fifth Warrington try, popping up on Riley's inside to squeeze in as the winger was about to be snared close to the line.

After Kenneth Davis' touchdown runs of one and three yards in the second quarter put the Bills ahead by 34-3, Lofton capped off the half with an eight-yard scoring pass from Kelly.

Three years later it began a process that resulted in selling off the half million hectares of forests it owned, to domestic and overseas bidders.

Who will kick off the half-time entertainment on "Monday Night Football" on Election Day eve, Senator John McCain or Senator Barack Obama?

The recently acquired Michael Pineda said he weighed 280 pounds and wanted to get down to 270.... Joba Chamberlain, who is recovering from reconstructive surgery on his elbow, threw off the half-mound and reported no problems in his recovery.

Cheruiyot, who also won this year's London Marathon, finished strongly to shake off the half-marathon world record holder Joyciline Kepkosgei, who was then passed by Kosgei and had to cling on for third place.

The Mercer County prosecutor, Daniel G. Giaquinto, said detectives were still trying to learn what had set off the half-hour of violence on a frigid night on Great Road, a curving, hilly street that cuts through an affluent neighborhood where some homes are valued in seven figures.

"We got about a half a mile through that and he just got to feeling so good, and I was more concerned on what tonight would be like, so I elected to turn him around and gallop him half a mile instead of finishing off the half-mile with the jog -- just to try to take a little bit of the edge off," Servis said.