Example sentences of "[adv] through the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | All through the first part of the interview — the crazy part , when she had been talking about seeing her son in the house — Hank had been telling the straight truth . |
| 2 | Classic ritual of the disappointing album : buy it at the Megastore ; go for coffee as a way of prolonging the moment of consumption , rip off the cellophane , remove the card inlay ( taking care not to tear it on the little perspex teeth ) and scan the lyrics ( Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa/My pony boy ’ — shit ! ) ; tube home ( further lyric-skimming ) ; feed it to the CD player , skip to the second track while still halfway through the first , sample that , move on , hop and jump to the end and start wondering about forthcoming birthdays — then back to the beginning in the hope that maybe it is , as we used to say , a grower . |
| 3 | I snatched it up halfway through the first tinkle . |
| 4 | Athletes who have trained normally through the first two trimesters have delivered normal babies . |
| 5 | A man short , the Fourth Division side held their more illustrious opponents at bay with no great difficulty until midway through the first half , and the crowds had fallen into an apprehensive silence when Drinkell revived their spirits . |
| 6 | In fact , midway through the first song , only the size of the band dissuaded you from buying a round to speed up the process . |
| 7 | Leeds broke out of their defensive cocoon midway through the first half for Jones to win the match by meeting Mike Whitlow 's centre from the left at the near post and flicking it across Phil Parkes into the opposite corner . |
| 8 | Holland lost Ellerman , victim of a brusque tackle from Mozer , midway through the first half and , although his replacement was the experienced Winter , the change did nothing to help the Dutch search for a blend . |
| 9 | The action is slow to build up , but once midway through the first act the melodrama is unleashed layer upon layer , with liberal use of corpses and skeletons — the worms of decomposition having done an admirably speedy job in some cases . |
| 10 | Manor took the lead midway through the first half with a well-taken goal by Sean Annells . |
| 11 | Guillimont equalised midway through the first half from the penalty spot , while Manor were unlucky not to regain the lead when the referee blew for half-time just before a Lee Clutterbuck shot crossed the line . |
| 12 | But midway through the first half the Leeds performance improved dramatically with two tries in three minutes . |
| 13 | Webster 's try midway through the first half was well-taken coming on the end of an astounding burst by prop Huw Williams-Jones . |
| 14 | They were midway through the first show and just about everyone was out on stage , giving ten minutes of comparative quiet before another storm of quick-changes and running repairs . |
| 15 | b ) plants transferred to 5°C midway through the first light period after Time 0 ; |
| 16 | But midway through the first half , with England for once turning the screw , Rory Underwood was denied a try by Denis McBride 's crunching tackle that wrenched the ball from the flying winger 's grasp . |
| 17 | Midway through the first half here at Filbert Street still Leicester City nil Nottingham Forest nil but a good game . |
| 18 | Duncan Shearer shot them into the lead midway through the first half with his 21st goal of the season . |
| 19 | You know that old old saying about football being a funny game , well this tie was even funnier than that , Joey Beauchamp shot United into the lead midway through the first half . |
| 20 | Skipper , Derek Hall cracked them into the lead midway through the first half . |
| 21 | On tries the cherry and whites won by three to one … they looked sharp enough moving into attack … and looked good enough for victory … they even took the lead midway through the first half … with a well worked and well taken try by Tim Smith … |
| 22 | That was midway through the first half and Town should have gone in two up . |
| 23 | United took the lead midway through the first half . |
| 24 | The game was settled with two quick goals midway through the first half.Liz Hannam reports . |
| 25 | They were in control from start to finish , with Don Caskie scoring the first try midway through the first half . |
| 26 | It started well enough , with Dave Mitchell giving Town the lead midway through the first half . |
| 27 | Max Nicholson started and finished the move which brought the only goal of the game midway through the first half … |
| 28 | Neil Ruddock 's goal midway through the first half lit the fuse … and when Steve McManaman exploded a right footer just before half-time every Town fan must have been fearing the worst … |
| 29 | The alarm bells started to ring when flanker , Alan Brown dived over to score the opening try midway through the first half . |
| 30 | Gary Blissett gave Brentford the lead midway through the first half , which was a bad one for the Town defence . |