Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first 20 minutes " in BNC.

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1 Crusaders were pinned back in their own half for the first 20 minutes as the visiting pack was dominant .
2 Wales were convinced that they were one up on Scotland in having already experienced Joel Dume in their England match , while the Sassenachs ' top brass reckoned Scotland would be at a definite disadvantage for the first 20 minutes .
3 Antonio Rowe , in the Halesowen goal , distinguished himself with important saves , particularly during the first 20 minutes , when City were well in control .
4 The season began in spectacular fashion when , within the first 20 minutes after the helicopter landed , Keizo Yanai , of the Institute of Polar Programs in Tokyo , discovered two stony meteorites lying a few hundred yards away .
5 In the first 20 minutes Celtic had five scoring efforts , one of them scrambled home by Creaney but rightly given offside , while St Johnstone failed even to reach Celtic 's penalty area .
6 CAPTAIN Will Carling last night told England to sing up and play up in the first 20 minutes or risk Naas Botha wrecking their hopes of winning today 's historic international at Twickenham .
7 The Diadora League minnows could have been three up in the first 20 minutes .
8 In the first 20 minutes , Ipswich were all over their visitors and were camped permanently in their half .
9 Mercer , who picked up the injury in the first 20 minutes , was substituted by Andy Goodway but bravely returned in the second half wearing a protective head guard .
10 Darlington won 20–15 at North Durham , where they got off to a flying start with two tries in the first 20 minutes by winger Martin Bewick and flanker Paul Barkes .
11 Second-placed Durham never recovered from a three goal blast in the first 20 minutes at Ryhope , going down 4–2 .
12 Celtic had three players booked in the first 20 minutes to illustrate just how fired up they were .
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