half a century BrE informal
half a ton

These words were said more than half a century ago, but what about today?

More than half a century later, they are still together.

He lost his friend at war almost half a century ago.

Thus came to an end almost half a century of history.

He has done so for about half a century now.

The law had been in place for more than half a century.

The war has been going on for nearly half a century.

The men have known each other for half a century.

For more than half a century our families have been together.

After more than half a century and four children together, these things happen.

We've had a working society here for over half a century.

In half a century I will look exactly like her.

Its been half a century, and yet I remember her.

For half a century we used the power to help my people.

And then no more for at least half a century.

And he knew one other thing, from half a century of experience.

Brought together for the first time in over half a century.

In fact, the name was wrong for almost half a century!

He had been living there for almost half a century.

Half a century has passed since the two countries went to war.

They have been running this race for over half a century.

But nearly half a century later, they speak of the same things.

It seems a world away, not just half a century ago.

That had not happened in more than half a century.

Half a century later, it is still something to see.

But about half a ton of material is likely to make it through.

Half a ton of the stuff's already been carried away.

It felt like I was carrying half a ton on my back.

When a man weighs better than half a ton, he doesn't feel like moving much.

Something weighing half a ton hit me right on top of the head and I went out like a light.

The van probably weighed a half a ton more than his car.

It seemed to have gained half a ton since lunch.

What do you think's going to happen when half a ton of angry men burst through your front door?

I used to go with half a ton of sweets in my back pocket.

They can drag off things weighing half a ton or more.

Certainly he never put up half a ton of duodecimates.

Truth to tell, the damned thing weighed half a ton.

The woman weighs half a ton, and the bedrooms are at the top of the house.

Thanks for the thought, but I still have half a ton of paperwork to wade through.

About half a ton a year is produced from liquid air and used for research purposes.

There must have been half a ton of it.

It is nearly the weight of half a ton.

She'd lost a few stone since the last time he'd seen her and put on about half a ton of make-up.

At more than half a ton, that was a respectable weight for an elephant.

He felt the machine give a little jump as it suddenly became half a ton lighter.

However, we've got close to half a ton of it on handyou can have all you want.

Investigators think the bomb weighed up to half a ton.

The wind threw half a ton of ice-water on him.

That slab of wood had to weigh half a ton!