Example sentences of "good [prep] the first [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Middlesbrough had the better of the first half once they survived the opening quarter of an hour when Ironside , deputising for the injured Pears , kept them on terms . |
| 2 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 3 | Manager Atkinson said : ‘ I thought QPR were having the better of the first half until Deano did what he 's good at — scoring a goal when there is not really anything on . |
| 4 | Yes it was at two down and the every time Palace went forward in the early stages you thought to yourself , here comes another goal because they looked like scoring , they were so dangerous , of course he 's a real threat and he got the better of for that first goal , er he was er danger all the time and er it was a little bit from er County 's performance in reverse to that of the previous week at Forest , where erm Palace were so good in the first half and er you would n't have been surprised if they 'd gone in two nil or even three nil ahead , the penalty brought Notts back into the game . |
| 5 | The 13 headfuls of ideas they 've got show occasional but disturbing signs of driving them aimlessly away from what makes them so good in the first place and into acid rock tedium city . |
| 6 | But Scotland looked better in the first half when only penalties were scored . |