Example sentences of "[vb past] the [num ord] 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 | The sociology of culture , as it entered the second half of the twentieth century , was broadly compounded of work done from these two positions , much of it of great local value . |
| 4 | They devoted the second half to a work written by a composer who was also a student at the time of its creation , Josef Suk . |
| 5 | It was the visitors who created the first half 's best chance through their lively striker , Marshall . |
| 6 | Gruber 's Frankenstein ! ! filled the second half . |
| 7 | He rejected the second half of his egg . |
| 8 | Florence Ames ate the last half of her second chocolate éclair , laid down her fork , wiped her mouth , finished her coffee , wiped her mouth again . |
| 9 | They began slowly , but dominated the second half . |
| 10 | With the wind at their backs , Manor dominated the second half . |
| 11 | As the Austrian dominated the first eight races of the 16-race championship in defence of his world title , Hunt dominated the second half after Lauda 's horrific accident at the Nurburgring in August . |
| 12 | Leeds totally dominated the second half creating many chances before equalising after 22 mins . |
| 13 | Bishops dominated the second half but had only an Ian Campbell penalty to show for it . |
| 14 | Blue Star dominated the second half , but the Murton defence held on . |
| 15 | France dominated the second half and the Welsh defence responded well but could n't contain the onslaught . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They dominated the first half adding further tries through winger Gavin Thompson and Pears , who also landed two penalty goals . |
| 18 | Bucks dominated the first half , deservedly leading when Julian Laxon scored from a Gavin Bambury cross just before the interval . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Liverpool dominated the first half , but found the Rovers defence determined to make their manager 's return a successful one . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The home team dominated the first half , although both defences looked solid . |
| 25 | With the wind in their favour Ballymena dominated the first half being encamped for long spells in the Hawick territory . |
| 26 | The London side needed three points for their automatic promotion challenge and dominated the first half . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Having already lost Sheasby ( ankle ) , Quins began the second half with substitutes Greene and Goodwin pressed into action — and the complexion of the game changed . |
| 30 | Her fond tone belied her words — but , in any case , Folly hardly heard the last half of her mother 's speech . |