Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the second half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coton had made a brilliant save from Speed , again demonstrating his great versatility at right-back , to preserve that advantage and the City goalkeeper , voted No 1 in the League by his fellow professionals , went on to make other important stops from Fairclough and Wallace to thwart a predictable Leeds rally early in the second half . |
| 2 | He was booked early in the second half for a clattering foul on Abel . |
| 3 | Pat Archer , of the county council 's transportation department , said the problem had dropped slightly in the second half of last term . |
| 4 | Speed had dropped back and Wallace moved upwards in the second half . |
| 5 | Parishes were able to cope with their pauper problem until England 's population began to soar dramatically during the second half of the eighteenth century . |
| 6 | The relative positions of the players changed and changed again over the second half and , as we waited on the eighteenth tee , Miguel had edged yet again one shot ahead of Jack . |
| 7 | David Atkinson , an analyst at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo , notes that the banks ' operating profitability began to deteriorate again in the second half of the last fiscal year . |
| 8 | In any case , it 's tucked away in the second half of the book , after Offred 's prison-like existence has been thoroughly , horribly established . |
| 9 | Aberdeen , who missed the diligent foraging of the injured Grant , strung more passes together in the second half . |
| 10 | Stainrod contributed the first goal and , after Pat McGinlay had headed Hibs level early in the second half , the player-manager then conjured up two inspired substitutions which brought Dundee victory . |
| 11 | Hereford equalised early in the second half through richard Jones . |
| 12 | The New Town , the central part of which was built mainly in the second half of the eighteenth century , is more spaciously laid out in classical streets and squares — ‘ not only gay and airy ’ , said Robert Louis Stevenson , ‘ but highly picturesque ’ . |
| 13 | The only goal came midway through the second half . |
| 14 | One goal was good enough … it came midway through the second half … skipper Andy Melville ran it in and ran off to celebrate … |
| 15 | The winner came midway through the second half . |
| 16 | It has however been the subject of much criticism , which has grown substantially during the second half of the present century . |
| 17 | Connolly , incisive and dangerous throughout , scored twice in the second half , and only referee Les Mottram can explain how he failed to complete a hat-trick . |
| 18 | ‘ With the fear of God in us , we played passionately in the second half and ran out 3-2 winners , so Cloughie 's unpredictability in letting us stay up late on the Friday night was vindicated . ’ |
| 19 | M F I traditionally has a stronger second half cash flow and net borrowings are expected to fall further in the second half of the year . |
| 20 | Quick replies by Kelly Shelford and Mark Elia led to the suspicion that New Zealand could score at will and were easing themselves into their stride , but doubts arose early in the second half with a succession of missed chances . |
| 21 | But the OECD reckons it will rebound strongly in the second half , at an annual rate of 3.2% . |
| 22 | With an interval lead , ‘ Mill were in a strong position to dictate the pattern of play , but Hammer refused to submit easily in the second half . |
| 23 | up and call me now A little music as well we have on the show we have a video from Elvis to give away in the second half of the programme and star guest this afternoon is Mary Whitehouse . |
| 24 | Millmead battled away and did the best they could , but their cause was blighted further during the second half when they were reduced to eight men due to injury . |
| 25 | He was replaced early in the second half by Shutt . |
| 26 | The action belonged exclusively to the second half with two goals packed into the first 100 seconds of the period . |
| 27 | Dundee worked hard for and equaliser and were eventually rewarded mid-way through the second half when Paul Barnett ( Dundee Kingsway Circus ) found the back of the net . |
| 28 | But that was abandoned midway through the second half . |
| 29 | Both teams were somewhat weakened for this visit of Lansdowne to Eaton Park but Ballymena just about deserved their narrow 3–0 win , the only score of the game , a penalty by Derek McAleese coming midway through the second half . |
| 30 | United 's goalscoring slowed significantly in the second half of the season , but no move was made for a striker until £1 million Dion Dublin arrived in August . |