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

2.   I pulled to the curb for half a minute.

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

4.   They kissed for almost half a minute.

5.   The ball seemed to be in the air for half a minute.

6.   She studied me for about half a minute, then rearranged some of the knick-knacks on her stall.

7.   I was only smug for about half a minute.

8.   We sit in silence for half a minute.

9.   Because defenses know they have to guard the opponent for just over half a minute, they can tighten the defensive screws on each possession.

10.   After half a minute, the unidentified man was removed, leaving a mystified Dylan with an ever so slightly raised brow.