Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] the first half " in BNC.

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1 The police moved in during the first half and then at half-time as a mob of Englishmen taunted and threatened Spanish fans in Santander .
2 The Report was intended as a review , giving a complete survey ( according to its prospectus ) of Chemistry and its Allied Sciences ; it was to come out in the first half of the year following that reviewed ; and it would give a faithful and ‘ whenever necessary , a complete digest of each investigation ’ in chemistry , and its applications in pharmacy , arts and manufactures .
3 A legally binding agreement to implement this 14-page political declaration was scheduled to be drawn up in the first half of 1992 .
4 This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly .
5 Inter , second at the start of play , crashed 3-0 at second-from-bottom Ancona and had former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga sent off in the first half .
6 The losers were disrupted by a head injury to prop Seamus Foley , who was forced off in the first half .
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