Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the first half " in BNC.
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| 1 | One such was that at Charfield built during the first half of the 19th century . |
| 2 | Also shown are photographs of some of the more notable news happenings that occurred during the first half of the present century . |
| 3 | This cash outflow occurred in the first half of the year . |
| 4 | Inflation especially in the United States , the United Kingdom , Germany and Italy , accelerated in the first half of 1990 to an average of 4.7 per cent . |
| 5 | Paul Weston scored in the first half for Stockton , but it was not until the last five minutes that Paul Bromley crossed for their second try . |
| 6 | Those Roebuck penalties apart , the only other scores from the Australians came in the first half , when strapping winger Damien Smith barged his way through two tackles to notch the game 's only try . |
| 7 | Two of them came in the first half as Bolton tore Watford to shreds . |
| 8 | United 's goal came in the first half … top marks for winger Max Nicholson … he kept control … kept his head and then smashed it home … low and hard … |
| 9 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 10 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 11 | In spite of the recession , reduced profits from property sales and a 50 per cent rise in interest charges to £3.5 million profit before exceptionals was down only 9 per cent to £22.1 million , of which £11.8 million came in the first half . |
| 12 | No I do n't think so , everybody 's disappointed , especially after the way we played in the first half , but erm on our second half performance , I suppose we can just count ourselves lucky we come away with a point . |
| 13 | And as you said , really some of the football played in the first half was quite delightful was n't it ? |
| 14 | The date of its founder , Zarathustra ( Zoroaster is the Greek form of his name ) , is uncertain but it is thought that he flourished in the first half of the sixth century BC . |
| 15 | Treviso , who finished as runners-up in the Italian league , flourished in the first half and took the lead with a second try . |
| 16 | ‘ Something happened in the first half and I lashed out , giving him a kick up the backside . |
| 17 | Science can try to understand what happened in the first half billionth of a second of the life of the universe . |
| 18 | They showed in the first half why they were the bookies ’ favourites , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Rangers had lost some of the invention they displayed in the first half , but still had Ferdinand eagerly searching for a goal . |
| 20 | Europe experienced in the first half of the twentieth century a simultaneous cultural , spiritual and political breakdown . |
| 21 | Sorry , would there be any exceptional stock provisions that were released , made in the first half , released into the second half for example ? |
| 22 | The only rough treatment they got in the first half , worked in their favour , as Jim Magilton was hauled down , but up he bounced to hit home the penalty . |
| 23 | Another practice fairly common in the sixteenth century , that of the " circular " embassy which visited a series of different states , negotiating with each in turn , also persisted into the first half of that which followed . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 … |
| 26 | ‘ If we can keep them contained for the first half then we 've got a chance of pinching a couple of goals . ’ |
| 27 | Prices fell throughout the first half of 1990 due largely to the anticipated failure of the Association of Tin Producing Countries ( ATPC ) to attain by December 1990 its target of cutting by 6,000 tonnes its world stockpile , reported in February to have totalled 43,200 tonnes . |
| 28 | This penal optimism reigned throughout the first half of this century ( Bailey , 1987 ) . |
| 29 | As in many other countries , popular demands for the introduction of multiparty democracy grew in the first half of 1990 . |
| 30 | But it hardly looked a bet as the Reds struggled in the first half in face of fluent football , much of which was inspired by Chelsea player manager Glenn Hoddle . |