Example sentences of "the second half [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second half was brightened only by Bowman 's winner in the 53rd minute . |
| 2 | In 1991 the second half was definitely cheerier than the first , hit by the Gulf war . |
| 3 | The second half was a different matter and Sandrock took a grip on the game . |
| 4 | The start of the second half was a disaster for 'Mill , with Englefield equalising straight away . |
| 5 | The second half was pretty hectic but Jackson 's confidence spread to the entire defence and the star-studded City forward line grew more and more frustrated as their celebration night went sour . |
| 6 | The second half was again scrappy and Farncombe 's winner came after a goalmouth scramble . |
| 7 | The second half was very even and , as the sides tired , the mistakes and gaps in midfield were more common . |
| 8 | The second half was a more even affair . |
| 9 | The second half was keenly fought , but neither side managed to score , although Trojans missed a penalty flick . |
| 10 | The second half was one-way traffic for long periods — Midlands on a rather misguided rampage , the Springboks showing their physical strength in the tackle . |
| 11 | The second half was even more of a grab-bag than the first , the suspicion growing in Jude as she watched that the parody and pastiche was a smoke-screen put up to cover the creators ' embarrassment at their own sincerity . |
| 12 | The attack on the camp formed a spectacular climax half way through the film , but the second half was routine melodrama by comparison . |
| 13 | It was too long and the opening was still shaky but the second half was shaping up well . |
| 14 | The second half was horrific . ’ |
| 15 | Wisely , he missed the first half , but sadly , the second half was not a great improvement . |
| 16 | The second half was much of the same with neither side being able to carve out clear cut chances . |
| 17 | The second half was processed to paraffin wax and used for conventional immunocytochemistry . |
| 18 | The second half was n't that much better , the opposition apparently decided that they 'd had their cup final however , so they meekly attempted to defend their 1–1 scoreline and this was their undoing . |
| 19 | The second half was better . |
| 20 | The first half was evenish , but the second half was a whole load of Leeds pressure , with counter-attacks from Norwich . |
| 21 | The second half was the same … all Swindon … the Blues packed the goalmouth and Town could n't find a way through … |
| 22 | The second half was all Albion … they went two-one up just after the break thanks to a fine piece of striking from Kevin Donovan |
| 23 | The second half was just the same . |
| 24 | Gloucester had four first teamers out too … so it was still a realistic test … the second half was so kind to the cherry and whites as the welsh side came powering back … their only score was a try by Ford which came after a lot of pressure … 16-5 the final score the final verdict comes from coach Keith Richardson … |
| 25 | the second half was the same … thank heavens for hammond … coming up the save of the game … and he followed that up with another … |
| 26 | The second half was played at a faster pace and in the 65th minute Dromara went further ahead with a well taken goal by Johnstone following a fierce attack on the home goal . |
| 27 | The start of the second half was also dramatic , carrying Rangers from the brink of a two-goal lead to the precipice of expulsion from the European Cup . |
| 28 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |
| 29 | The second half was only six minutes old as Fairmile 's Kevin Shepherd 's close range snapshot sent Milton 's goalkeeper Paul Whittington diving to his left save , and one minute later Clive Minor 's shot was kicked off the line by Milton 's Paul Storey , as Fairmile tried to reduce the deficit . |
| 30 | The second half was played at just as frantic pace as the first with both sides looking dangerous on the attack , but Abingdon looking more solid in defence . |