Example sentences of "in the [adj] [det] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first half they had dominated the line-out through Bayfield and David Baldwin , they had handled the New Zealand scrum capably and they had put together two backline tries with training ground precision , whereas the struggling New Zealanders could find only two penalty goals from Greg Cooper and never looked like mounting a try-scoring attack . |
| 2 | Whereas in the first half they virtually tried to play through Thomson on everything . |
| 3 | Ewood Park is a lucky ground for them and in the first half they went for Blackburn with all guns blazing . |
| 4 | In the first half they were on the defensive for all but five minutes . |
| 5 | Saviour Stuart said : ‘ We deserved a draw in the end , but in the first half we struggled and were n't at the races . |
| 6 | In the first half we attacked the Kop end and hopes were high that Crewe would conceed a bagful of goals in the first half when Deane actually managed to score in the 17th minute . |
| 7 | He explained why he sent on Platt : ‘ In the first half we had a great deal of possession but we needed to move the Brazilians about , we needed to hurt them a bit more . |
| 8 | ‘ In the first half we had three very good chances . |
| 9 | ‘ In the first half I thought we played some great stuff , but football is all about what happens in front of goal and we were disappointing so far as that was concerned . ’ |