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How to use half past in a sentence

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Lunch is also special with turkey on the menu and the whole camp again spliced the main brace at eleven thirty and again at half past two.
About half past eight I was lounging on the couch, channel-surfing when my doorbell rang.
At half past midnight in the bar of the Bull Bay Hotel I meet Pat, an old diving instructor.
It was six days after Mandy disappeared that the Barclays' doorbell rang at half past midnight.
I got back from Lucca at half past midnight this morning, and spent about two minutes sorting the paper post.
About half past midnight, the side-car stopped on a bridge above the Seine.
Sober, sensible readers who get to bed by half past ten may have no fun, but they may be less likely to get heart disease than the rest of us.
At half past one on a weekday the restaurant was less than half full, and still staffed to the gills.
I went in afterwards and the next thing I knew, someone looked at their watch and it was half past two in the morning.
Some of you might have noticed that some time around half past two yesterday afternoon this site disappeared.
I'm looking for people who may have seen something suspicious at about quarter past one to say half past one or quarter to two, in that area.
By this time it would have been about half past one, and we slowly made our way back to the hotel, stopping at a few bars on the way home.
Oh, I could have written something yesterday, but it was half past one when the last guest left.
It all started with an intensive lie-in when an invisible force kept me in bed until about half past one in the afternoon.
We turned up just before eight o'clock and left at about half past one in the morning.
So really quite late last night, perhaps even after half past ten, I went into the kitchen.
So at half past three we had the fun of trying to get back to civilisation.
So it wasn't a very big surprise when Dustin and Justin showed up at half past twelve.
The seminar ran every Wednesday from half past twelve to two o'clock in Mathematical Institute.
Finally, at half past seven the guests agreed it was a pity to spoil a good dinner and seated themselves to a delicious meal.
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Examples from Classical Literature
After leaving Kinross, there is some fine scenery, particularly near Perth, where I arrived about half past two.
At half past eight we reached San Carlos, a mean town with no meson or other regular stopping-place.
The brethren arrived at the lower camp at half past three and marched in headed by the fifes and side drum.
We went to a supper club last night and stayed there till about half past three.
By half past eight the no-name was washed down, and ready for a party, if any offered.
I tossed feverishly all night long, and was glad enough when I heard the clock strike half past eleven and knew it was time to get up for dinner.
I can play from half past four to supper and after supper a little bit and Saturday afternoons.
It commences at half past three and continues about half an hour.
Danglars' watch, one of Breguet's repeaters, which he had carefully wound up on the previous night, struck half past five.
Stourbridge and Kidderminster, every morning, at half past seven.
At half past three the investigation had got as far as the lubricator.
They had solemn rubbers of whist, when they went upstairs after drinking, and their carriages were called at half past ten.
I have the honor to say that my principal strenuously objects to the hour chosen, and begs you will consent to change it to half past nine.
He took his hot toast and coffee, and then about half past three his caravan of ten men filed away from the Riffel Hotel, and began the steep climb.
At half past a policeman held up his hand and stopped the taxi, to the driver's great astonishment, as he was driving slowly across Melbourne Square, Kensington.
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