It wasn't fiction, but it wasn't half-bad, either.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Book Awards Tries to Glam Things Up; Who Invited All the Fancy People, Publishing Peons Wonder?] Reference

The piece I was wriitng, meanwhile, isn't half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breakfast in Bed] Reference

As a come-on line, it was inventive and not half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captivated by the Tycoon]

"One of their ideas is not half-bad -- a cooking show.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Temporary Wife]

The Post's TV critic Hank Stuever says it isn't half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [In light of 'Melissa & Joey,' four more '90s TV stars who could make a sitcom comeback] Reference

I actually think in some ways this is not a half-bad idea.    From Wordnik.com.  [I’d hate to think of what the after hours returns box would look like…] Reference

But even so, it wasn't a half-bad station, most of the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman In The Great Game]

You're smart and funny and charming and not half-bad looking.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ultimate Millionaire]

I have munched them dry on occasion and they aren't half-bad!.    From Wordnik.com.  [FRESH PINEAPPLE NOODLE STIRFRY, AND ABOUT SOY CURLS™] Reference

But hey, I'm not complaining, that photo of us isn't half-bad!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disgrasian: The McDonald's "Mr. James" Ad Campaign and How We Don't Care About White People, Apparently] Reference

Actually the picture wasn't half-bad, Iranaputra had to admit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Codgerspace]

Boston: The Red Sox aren't half-bad no wait, they are half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Get your cut-rate American Leaguers] Reference

Perhaps that wouldn't be a half-bad idea, if it were only legal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference

"The Italian Job" isn't half-bad as far as such movies go, really.    From Wordnik.com.  [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference

They give advice to the lovelorn -- and some of it's not half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marisa Meltzer and Kara Jesella: How Sassy Changed Our Lives] Reference

Larry Williams launches campaign website ...and it's not half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Larry Williams launches campaign website] Reference

It was so fresh that it was easy to chew and didn't taste half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freedoms Challenge]

It really doesn't look half-bad if you let a TRUE professional do it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead Men May Tell No Tales, But Wrecked Cakes Sure Do.] Reference

Rather, he's saying it's not half-bad, that it's on a par with Windoze.    From Wordnik.com.  [This about-face by Dvorak] Reference

Anyways, lots of great music and for part of the time, not half-bad sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference

In a different year, it probably wouldn't be a half-bad campaign strategy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kentucky Derby] Reference

'That's not a half-bad deal if you've been subjected to massive cutbacks.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another priceless comedy moment from the O (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

Even the Canadian History for Dummies Book he wrote isn't half-bad as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [what i'm reading] Reference

To give that much pleasure to that many adolescents isn't a half-bad legacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Hayward, Adieu] Reference

If so, then I'm looking forward to the last three, cuz this one ain't half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Clean Escape - The television version] Reference

The water gets lovely and warm by midday, and even before then it's not half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference

Eat obsessive amounts of chocolate and decide what you’re doing isn’t half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tiffany Baker biography] Reference

For a film that depended entirely on Adams to sell it, this opening isn't half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Weekend Box Office in Review: Avatar Crosses $400 Million U.S.] Reference

In theory, this wouldn't have been half-bad, except that communism yields small pies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Olmsted: No Pizza, No Peace: The New Poor and the Coming Blowback] Reference

Randall Wilkins III hadn't been half-bad until he'd stood her up on their fourth date.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

I share my birthday (Sept. 21st) with Stephen King - not a half-bad writer himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [VIRGIN WRITERS] Reference

There's Kings, which isn't half-bad, but is admittedly sort of soapy although I don't mind it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear Battlestar, I miss you] Reference

He started the boys off with a few playful verses of Three Blind Mice 'that didn't sound half-bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pop Goes The Weasel]

Paige hadn't found them to be half-bad, though granted, her perspective was different from Mara's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broken Symmetry] Reference

"Ah, Countess, I am not a half-bad jailer, after all?".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secret Witness] Reference

BioShock 3, which I hear isn't half-bad for what it is.    From Wordnik.com.  [CrunchGear] Reference

"Yes, this is Mongrel -- and not a half-bad horse, either.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Horse's Tale] Reference