Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] in the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 2 | Those Roebuck penalties apart , the only other scores from the Australians came in the first half , when strapping winger Damien Smith barged his way through two tackles to notch the game 's only try . |
| 3 | At least seventy three percent of all foetuses aborted in the first trimester are male . |
| 4 | United 's problems started in the first half when Brentford went ahead with a freak a fluke goal from Gary Blissett … that knocked the stuffing out of them … |
| 5 | The floods started in the first week of February , killing at least 230 people and sweeping away farmland , roads , irrigation networks and power lines . |
| 6 | But it hardly looked a bet as the Reds struggled in the first half in face of fluent football , much of which was inspired by Chelsea player manager Glenn Hoddle . |
| 7 | It is thus possible , indeed common , for each of two rival lineages to claim , as the British and Germans did in the First World War , that ‘ God is on our side ’ . |
| 8 | Although a fall in numbers occurred in the first year after charges were introduced , that was largely due to the building works , but the figures have increased and Welsh men are looking forward enormously to the addition to their national museum . |
| 9 | Seen purely through the eyes of a bomber captain , the year 1942 saw the awakening of the " sleeping giant " , but although no dramatic results ensued in the first half of the year save the " 1,000-Plan " ( surely the most well-conceived confidence trick of the entire war ) hope for the future was clearly manifest . |
| 10 | Many countries who received aid to introduce the Green Revolution had repressive regimes , whose policies had in the first place brought about the poverty . |
| 11 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 12 | It , again , entails college work , and school work , with the group of children which the students joined in the first term . |
| 13 | While competitors sparkled in the first half , the Sussex-based cidermaker 's profits trickled down from £1.1m to £1.07m . |