1) I'll be ready in half a minute.

2) Hang on. I'll be ready in half a minute.

3) They kissed for almost half a minute.

4) I won't keep on waiting more than half a minute.

5) I pulled to the curb for half a minute.

6) For perhaps half a minute we strained to identify the source of the engine noise.

7) His lead had stretched to half a minute on the soaking track when disaster struck.

8) The fireball is visible for about half a minute before the object exits from the atmosphere with its original speed virtually undiminished.

9) The girl made 135 jumps in half a minute.

10) He secured a dramatic victory for England by netting the ball half a minute before the end of the game.

11) It's exasperating to run for a train and then miss it by half a minute.

12) It will feel like an eternity,[http:///half a minute.html] but you will have learned to handle silence for half a minute.

13) He knew that time was ticking away remorselessly, though less than half a minute had passed.

14) Poole and Bowman studied the screen in silence for half a minute.

15) The next contestant surprised me. She made 139 jumps in half a minute.

16) It is very exasperating to lose a train by half a minute.

17) EXMP: It is exasperating to lose a train by half a minute.