Posted by Ed Kiser on May 26, 2003 at 03:18:50 from 64.12.96.103 user Kisered.
In Reply to: Horns posted by John Nichols on May 22, 2003 at 19:05:41:
Did a search in all 12 books for the phrase, "half bad", and this is what showed up. It is really not a half bad collection of examples of its usage.
The format is exactly as reported by the DOS "FIND" command.
Ed Kiser, South Florida
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---------- BSCH11.TXT
engine. Full ahead. Hi, Tom! She ain't half bad under power.
---------- BSCH5.TXT
"They ain't half bad stewed," said Pete.
---------- PDCH14.TXT
"Well, it isn't half bad," said Nancy.
---------- PMCH15.TXT
"You're not doing half badly," Nancy's voice came from much
---------- PMCH9.TXT
manage her half badly. Hop in, Dot. I'll keep the scythe out of
---------- PPCH10.TXT
"They're not half bad sandwiches," said Roger.
---------- PPCH2.TXT
"They're not doing half badly," said Roger. "For
---------- SDCH29.TXT
"Cold," he said, "but not half bad."
---------- SWCH9.TXT
that they're half bad," he added.
---------- WHCH20.TXT
"Oh, I don't think it's half bad," said Nancy, looking at it as
---------- WHCH28.TXT
Polar housekeeping was not half bad.
"He's really not done it half badly," she said. "I forgot he'd
---------- WHCH4.TXT
"Not half bad," said John, "if only there was some snow."
---------- WHCH5.TXT
"Not half bad," he said.
---------- WHCH7.TXT
"You're not doing half badly for a first go." Gradually she be-
---------- WHCH8.TXT
"Not half bad," said John at last. Dick blushed, and Dorothea
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