1. 2 The boy is not half bad.

2. 4 The show was not half bad.

3. 5 He was not half bad at tennis.

4. 1 It's not half bad, your new flat.

5. 6 The quartette was not half bad , either.

6. 3 Jim is not half bad at football.

7. 8 And, believe it or not, these diet shakes are really not half bad.

8. 7 EXAMPLE : Most formal receptions bore me, but the event I went to yesterday not half bad.