Sentence examples for put on half from inspiring English sources

Brydon remembers that on The Trip around the North of England, he put on half a stone, and this time made some half-hearted efforts not to eat everything that was put in front of him.

He also put on half a million readers at the Daily Express during his editorship from 1977 to 1980, which was a circulation rise of nearly 25 per cent.

You can see why Osborne was drawn to George Holyoake, a socialist teacher who in a Cheltenham lecture mildly observed that, since the church cost the state £20m annually, the deity should be put on half pay.

These are the same right-wing tabloid publications and weekly 'gossip' magazines which will happily host despicable shows of girl-on-girl misogyny, as female writers who should really know better malign other women in the public eye for having put on half a stone, being single or, worse than either of these heinous crimes, daring to the house without makeup on.

He was very tempted to pick 19-year-old Kyle Edmund, who has put on half a dozen kilos of muscle since Wimbledon and impressed Murray when he tackled the same drills during a three-week training stint in Miami.

'I put on half day support session updating their physical examination skills and to network amongst themselves and we bring in...I ask them to bring a clinical issue, something that's happened to them that they'd like to share.'[ 6] The extent to which they were involved in these elements varied, for example under half (n = 10) of the participants provided support and training directly to NMPs.

They may also be put on half-rations.

Put one half on to your greased ovenproof plate and pat it out to cover.

To serve, tear each ball of burrata in two and put one half on each of six plates.

Put one half on top of the other to create a sandwich.

"Last week, with the three games and not getting the results that we wanted, it was terrific to put on a half-decent show, get some goals and get a win," said Rhodes.