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

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1 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 .
2 To their great credit , Romania looked far from demoralised on the field , driving the Scots on to the back foot for much of the first half and restricting the scoreline to 3-0 until the 39th minute .
3 Treviso , who finished as runners-up in the Italian league , flourished in the first half and took the lead with a second try .
4 He pulled off a tremendous save from Sukristovas in the first half and denied the same player in the second .
5 Prince of Wales had most of the play in the first half and went ahead after 20 minutes .
6 Colchester played up the hill in the first half and began solidly , their pack pushing Walden back onto the defensive .
7 ‘ Our keeper picked the ball out of the net twice in the first half and did n't have much else to handle . ’
8 ‘ We gave two stupid free kicks away in the first half and did n't clear them at all .
9 While United threw away a hatful of chances Luton had two shots on target in the first half and hit the jackpot with one of them as Kerry Hughes got them a goal .
10 His Scottish partner up front , Trevor Smith , was in the thick of the action in the first half and opened the scoring on 31 minutes .
11 We were very poor in the first half and paid the price . ’
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