Example sentences of "[verb] off in the second [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At half-time a note was passed to the Scottish dressing-room telling the young striker that he would be shot if he did not ease off in the second half .
2 Only Aston Villa defender Ugo Ehiogu and Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour , who limped off in the second half , emerged with any great credit .
3 There was no question of easing off in the second half .
4 Steaua 's Ionel Fulga and Antwerp 's Rudy Taeymans were sent off in the second half , Fulga for dangerous play and Taeymans for a second bookable offence .
5 That does not suit every executive , particularly as the growth in profits has levelled off in the second half of this year .
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