Example sentences of "in the [num ord] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Only in the first innings of the third Test in Bombay did England score more than 300 , while in the first two they were forced to follow on . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Whereas in the first half they virtually tried to play through Thomson on everything . |
4 | Ewood Park is a lucky ground for them and in the first half they went for Blackburn with all guns blazing . |
5 | In the first half they were on the defensive for all but five minutes . |
6 | Saviour Stuart said : ‘ We deserved a draw in the end , but in the first half we struggled and were n't at the races . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | ‘ In the first half we had three very good chances . |
10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
11 | In the last 12 he 's been here at Little Wittenham in Oxfordshire and has raised £150,000 for charity . |