For a full half-hour the two men sweated in silence as they played their fish.

It might not be 15 minutes of fame to which every person is entitled, but a full half-hour, including commercials.

But here the man had taken a full half-hour!

It would take him a full half-hour before he was through.

"You may rest assured that it has been boiled the full half-hour."

The broadcast lasted 20 minutes until 1972 when it was expanded to a full half-hour.

He kept me at it for a full half-hour.

Only minutes left now, minutes; not even a full half-hour any more.

Then she started to cry and, after hanging up, prayed for a full half-hour.

The most provocative question came from a man who waited a full half-hour to voice it.