Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the first half [conj] " 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 ‘ We gave two stupid free kicks away in the first half and did n't clear them at all .
3 Ironically it was Distillery who settled into the game and looked dangerous in a brief spell midway through the first half but in the space of two minutes Stephen Baxter 's shot was touched away by Kevin McKeown and midfielder Philip Mitchell 's header landed on the roof of the net .
4 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 .
5 That was midway through the first half and Town should have gone in two up .
6 After Juergen Klinsmann had fired the Germans ahead Riedle scored twice in five minutes midway through the first half and put Germany 4–1 clear with his third in the 59th minute .
7 ‘ They played really well in the first half and their commitment was total in the second half .
8 ‘ Our keeper picked the ball out of the net twice in the first half and did n't have much else to handle . ’
9 That in itself was an extraordinary development , because Nottingham had struggled in the scrum late in the first half and Northampton had dominated with nine successive put-ins in the second half .
10 Then they lost lock Jim Keller ( shoulder ) and wing Barry Tofaeono ( leg ) late in the first half and just before the finish , and brought on two more newcomers , flanker Mark Vander Molen and wing Via Anatoni .
11 Coton twice saved almost miraculously in the first half when both Pearson and Hirst were frustrated by the woodwork as Wednesday 's mixture of pace , strength and rapid teamwork overwhelmed the visitors .
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