Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] first half " in BNC.
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| 1 | We survived the Thirties and the war , we sold successfully up to 1987 ( a flourish of porcelain animals and birds sold out 90 per cent before the opening party , immediately after Black Monday in the City ) ; even in 1991 we had secured a collection which made the first half of the year look profitable . |
| 2 | In retrospect , this may have been a deliberate gimmick as she so embarrassingly outclassed the first half 's performances by The Bruvvers , Chris Montez , Len Barry and Johnny Tillotson . |
| 3 | It was the visitors who created the first half 's best chance through their lively striker , Marshall . |
| 4 | Pilkington reported a first half profit before tax of £15.1m ( v £50.6m ) . |
| 5 | Argyll Group reported a first half profit before tax of £205m ( v £178m ) . |
| 6 | National Home Loans reported a first half loss before tax of £85.9m ( v £10m profit ) ; there will be no dividend . |
| 7 | Royal Insurance reported a first half loss before tax of £79m ( v £97m ) ; its dividend was reduced from 11.25p to 2p . |
| 8 | Taylor Woodrow reported a first half loss before tax of £16m ( v £25.3m profit ) ; its dividend has been cut from 1.86p to 0.5p . |
| 9 | The company reported a first half loss before tax of £8.8m ( v £2.4m ) . |
| 10 | Oldham , who have now gone seven away games without a win , will rue the fact that they dominated the first half but failed to turn it to advantage . |
| 11 | They dominated the first half adding further tries through winger Gavin Thompson and Pears , who also landed two penalty goals . |
| 12 | Bucks dominated the first half , deservedly leading when Julian Laxon scored from a Gavin Bambury cross just before the interval . |
| 13 | Rovers dominated the first half as Atkins hit a 25-yard drive narrowly wide , Cook blocked another from Atkins and Sellars curled a shot wide of Stowell onto the far post . |
| 14 | But Kevin Keegan 's team are still 12 points in front and their good-looking football dominated the first half and the last 20 minutes . |
| 15 | Liverpool dominated the first half , but found the Rovers defence determined to make their manager 's return a successful one . |
| 16 | Cremonese dominated the first half and were unlucky not to get a penalty when winger Massika Lombardini was brought down by a joint tackle from Osman and Gerry Harrison . |
| 17 | The £2m-rated striker missed three chances to add to his 21 goals so far this season as Pompey dominated the first half of this Anglo-Italian Cup tie . |
| 18 | The home team dominated the first half , although both defences looked solid . |
| 19 | With the wind in their favour Ballymena dominated the first half being encamped for long spells in the Hawick territory . |
| 20 | The London side needed three points for their automatic promotion challenge and dominated the first half . |
| 21 | A disappointing result for United who totally dominated the first half and really after seeing that first forty five minutes , it was so difficult to see how they could not win three points , and this encounter against the Charlton side drew on the same number of points as them in the second division table . |
| 22 | Spreadbury , on his first trip to the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Bank-sponsored tournament , was the subject of an official protest after he inadvertently allowed the first half of a quarter-final match to overrun by 1½ minutes — a long way beyond the regulation seven minutes . |
| 23 | The home side dominated a first half climaxed by Quinn 's goal after 33 minutes . |
| 24 | The company made a first half loss before tax of £129m , compared with £86m profit a year earlier . |
| 25 | Asda announced a first half profit before tax of £54.8m ( v £68.8m loss ) which was helped by exceptional gains of £8.7m ( v provisions of £78.9m ) . |
| 26 | Saatchi & Saatchi announced a first half profit before tax of £11.1m , compared with a loss of £32m in the same period last year . |
| 27 | Having started the match eight points down from the first leg , Hemel spent the first half apparently doing everything they could to double the deficit . |
| 28 | To show ‘ solidarity with the poor ’ , and hoping , politely , to shame the Americans into faster delivery , President Guillermo Endara spent the first half of March fasting in Metropolitan Cathedral . |
| 29 | ‘ He took me to his hotel for dinner then spent the first half of the evening trying to get me drunk and the second half trying to get me upstairs . ’ |
| 30 | Leeds started the first half well , with Deane getting a very early chance , Speed got in his way a bit and the header was a typical powder puff in the end . |