Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the first half [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Treviso , who finished as runners-up in the Italian league , flourished in the first half and took the lead with a second try .
2 ‘ Something happened in the first half and I lashed out , giving him a kick up the backside .
3 This was n't sufficient to make up the ground lost in the first half and the outcome for the year as a whole , you now see .
4 United 's problems started in the first half when Brentford went ahead with a freak a fluke goal from Gary Blissett … that knocked the stuffing out of them …
5 Making his 17th successive appearance since replacing Henry Smith in December , Walker was voted man of the match , which was mainly thanks to a fingertip save from a Michael O'Neill shot in the first half and a crucial stop which denied Paddy Connolly with only ten minutes remaining .
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