Example sentences of "[vb past] the 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | They dominated the first half adding further tries through winger Gavin Thompson and Pears , who also landed two penalty goals . |
| 6 | Bucks dominated the first half , deservedly leading when Julian Laxon scored from a Gavin Bambury cross just before the interval . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Liverpool dominated the first half , but found the Rovers defence determined to make their manager 's return a successful one . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The home team dominated the first half , although both defences looked solid . |
| 13 | With the wind in their favour Ballymena dominated the first half being encamped for long spells in the Hawick territory . |
| 14 | The London side needed three points for their automatic promotion challenge and dominated the first half . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I thought the first half was funnier than the second half . |
| 22 | She won the first half , the Grand Prix , from Sven Rothenberger on Ideaal and Monica Theodorescu on Grunox . |
| 23 | Batty was having a serious confrontation with Alan Byrne in midfield Byrne won the first half . |
| 24 | I thought we edged the first half and although they edged the second , we had the better chances . ’ |
| 25 | Wisely , he missed the first half , but sadly , the second half was not a great improvement . |
| 26 | Well , we missed the first half but saw the second . |