Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [num ord] half " in BNC.

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1 They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’
2 The 19-stone prop , cleared by the French RU Federation , went on as a second half replacement and played for almost half an hour .
3 The police moved in during the first half and then at half-time as a mob of Englishmen taunted and threatened Spanish fans in Santander .
4 Deane was playing well out of position acting as a left wing , to such an extent that he got a few crosses in during the first half .
5 ‘ No more risque sketches and you 're to get everything toned down in the second half . ’
6 This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly .
7 One is that the , the impact of quotes and the other improvements coming through in the second half of the year will reduce some of that impact anyway and also that that hundred thousand pounds overspend is sig is over-skewed because the proportion of quotes work in there is actually making a , making a difference too .
8 The war went on throughout the second half of 1 168 .
9 At half-time a note was passed to the Scottish dressing-room telling the young striker that he would be shot if he did not ease off in the second half .
10 That does not suit every executive , particularly as the growth in profits has levelled off in the second half of this year .
11 Only Aston Villa defender Ugo Ehiogu and Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour , who limped off in the second half , emerged with any great credit .
12 There was no question of easing off in the second half .
13 Steaua 's Ionel Fulga and Antwerp 's Rudy Taeymans were sent off in the second half , Fulga for dangerous play and Taeymans for a second bookable offence .
14 The losers were disrupted by a head injury to prop Seamus Foley , who was forced off in the first half .
15 Inter , second at the start of play , crashed 3-0 at second-from-bottom Ancona and had former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga sent off in the first half .
16 On a difficult pitch Witney played some very attractive football , and with a little more luck could have finished the game off in the first half .
17 As the play blundered on into the second half , the Airdrie strategy was clear — to ignore any pretence of building attacks from the back of the team through to the midfield .
18 After attempting last month 's first 8-bars of the 16-bar solo from Linda Ronstadt 's That 'll Be The Day , we 'll crack on with the second half this month .
19 And erm , anyway , I 'm , I 'm sorry to have to tell you that but erm now we 'll get on with the second half of the meeting .
20 They were pale Reds who did not wake up until the second half .
21 ‘ We 've just got to get our heads up in the second half of the season and go all out to qualify for Europe again . ’
22 Villa had their tails up in the second half and Atkinson and Staunton both had chances to increase their lead .
23 Meanwhile , shades of Intel Inside , expect to see a PowerPC image campaign starting up in the second half .
24 They can make a decent case that economic growth will pick up in the second half of the year .
25 They always , they always lag as you know , our , our , we always underspend capital in the first half against what our division think they 're gon na do and they always think they 're gon na catch it up in the second half , they never do but erm , it wo n't be , you know , it wo n't be materially different .
26 They seemed to give up in the second half , failed to mark anyone , gave Wallace ( who was running riot ) as much space as he wanted , and left Quinn up , waddling around ( usually into an offside position ) like a half-deflated barrage baloon ( with a tache ) .
27 an expensive miss … was followed up in the second half by an even more expensive mistake … as Tommy Mooney was presented with a chance to make it two nil …
28 Hereford wrapped things up in the second half .
29 In their defence , Oxford did pick things up in the second half , Druce did all the running , Walker placed the header , but Salmon was n't going to let the match slip through his fingers .
30 But manager Derek Brownbill explained : ‘ We rolled our sleeves up in the second half and showed a lot of character .
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