Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] the first half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guillimont equalised midway through the first half from the penalty spot , while Manor were unlucky not to regain the lead when the referee blew for half-time just before a Lee Clutterbuck shot crossed the line . |
| 2 | He said they played well in the first half , but then things went wrong in the second half , when Orrell had a bit of luck in scoring after a knock on . |
| 3 | Mark Newbould scored twice in the first half for Stockton , Mark Gill added two more and Mark Briscow got the fifth after a run from halfway . |
| 4 | Manchester United lost to Sheffield United in the week and at Old Trafford this afternoon they were struggling again when Everton scored twice in the first half through Newell and Everton ; Everton the winners by two goals to nil . |
| 5 | Chalford suffered again during the first half of the 19th century . |
| 6 | Villages as well as towns expanded rapidly during the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | However , Soviet trade with the West expanded rapidly in the first half of 1989 , showing a 9 per cent growth in volume , while imports grew by about 11 per cent . |
| 8 | India 's economy faltered during 1990 , and with the impact of the Gulf war the situation worsened considerably during the first half of 1991 . |
| 9 | Domestic exports performed badly during the first half of 1990 , but growth in the re-export trade partly compensated . |
| 10 | The Hong Kong economy performed poorly in the first half of 1990 , but not nearly as badly as in the second half of 1989 when it had suffered from the international reaction to the upheavals in China . |
| 11 | The " good years " of textile out-workers , for example , began before the war but lasted only over the first half of it . |