• "I thought we played very well and started very well in the first half hour, " Smith said afterwards.

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  • Often the first half hour of your introductory meeting is free as you get to know each other.

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  • They extended their first innings to 319 all out in the first half hour, with Graham Thorpe making 90.

    BBC: Jones puts England on brink

  • When the first half hour of Harry Potter was uploaded illegally on the web recently, it was via the torrent file.

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  • "They were doing well for the first half hour and then lost the place, so I hope they learn their lesson, " he added.

    BBC: Hearts boss Jim Jefferies reports referee Willie Collum

  • He may be joined by the Foreign Secretary, William Hague - at least for the first half hour - to cover the wider picture.

    BBC: Week ahead in Parliament

  • Spider-Man 3 was much criticized among many other failings for keeping its arachnid protagonist off screen for the first half hour of the film.

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  • Chances were few and far between in the first half hour, as both sides struggled to create anything in the final third of the pitch.

    BBC: Egypt 0-0 Ivory Coast (AET)

  • If the first half hour is compelling enough, people will have to go to the theater and pay for a ticket to see the rest.

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  • Still, there are a few missteps: The first few scenes could absolutely use some trimming, and the first half hour runs on impulse power rather than warp.

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  • Tommy Bowe, Ryan Jones and Lee Byrne scored tries in the first half hour as the Ospreys scorched into a 24-3 lead against a weakened Edinburgh outfit.

    BBC: Ospreys 31-10 Edinburgh

  • They ran all over us in the first half hour.

    BBC: Redknapp relief despite Tottenham's loss at Young Boys

  • There were periods of the game, especially in the first half hour, where the hosts enjoyed the majority of the possession and appeared comfortable against the young Brazil side.

    BBC: Nigeria coach Christian Chukwu

  • Players from both sides struggled to stay on their feet in the opening stages and it seemed to particularly affect Chelsea, whose usual fluid style was nowhere to be seen in the first half hour, save for an individual effort by Joe Cole that saw him cut in from the left and fire narrowly wide.

    BBC: Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea

  • While the show ended with the "Modern Family" cast onstage for the best comedy award, the sitcom also monopolized the first half-hour of the show, winning all of the first four Emmys handed out.

    CNN: 'Modern Family' takes home five Emmys

  • Shearer's goal capped a spell of concerted attacking by England after the lively Tunisians had shaded the first half-hour of the game.

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  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up eight points, or 0.1%, to 15344 in midmorning trading, after rising as many as 66 points in the first half-hour of the session.

    WSJ: Stocks Pare Early Gains

  • Indicating the game's pressurised atmosphere, three players were booked inside the first half-hour as emotions bubbled near the surface.

    BBC: Yahia sends Algeria to World Cup

  • They chose not to run the ball out of defence in the first half-hour and only had one Beauxis penalty on the board at the break.

    BBC: New Zealand 18-20 France

  • After all the talk over the Wales tight-head position in the build-up, there were only a handful of scrums in the first half-hour.

    BBC: Wales 12-19 New Zealand

  • Still worse, it shed considerable viewership from the first half-hour to the second, an indication that those who did sample the series actively decided to tune out.

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  • City's top scorer Paul Dickov had been well marshalled by the home defence in the first half-hour, but he cut free after 35 minutes only to volley wide.

    BBC: Gillingham 3-2 Leicester

  • Gravesend failed to trouble Town keeper Tony Pennock in the first half-hour, but Hamid Barr did manage to hit the target following a corner, with Pennock equal to it.

    BBC: Gravesend 0-0 Farnborough

  • And, although they opened up a 10-0 lead through tries by Michael Shenton and Foster, their problems grew when they lost Paul Wellens and Gary Wheeler inside the first half-hour.

    BBC: Wigan Warriors 28-24 St Helens

  • There were few chances for either of them to attack in the first half an hour as the Czechs probed against a Scotland side that were seeing little of the ball.

    BBC: Czech Republic 1-0 Scotland

  • That was the only clear-cut chance created by the Hammers in the first half-hour, though, and their fans were not slow to show their displeasure, greeting every misplaced pass with loud groans and jeers.

    BBC: West Ham 3-2 Wigan

  • But Hull, who stay eighth, were equally frustrated at not completing a third straight win, after last weekend's Easter double, having got out of the traps fastest, going 18-0 up inside the first half an hour.

    BBC: Hull FC 24-24 St Helens

  • Their best efforts in the first half-hour were timid shots from Dirk Kuyt and Torres, while at the other end of a very sticky pitch, the skill of McFadden, making his 200th club career start, proved a regular nuisance for the visitors' defence.

    BBC: Birmingham 1-1 Liverpool

  • Forging those sorts of relationships means combing scads of data, every day, without fail: "When I come in I usually spend the first half an hour getting caught up on who got a promotion, who lost a loved one, whose kid won an award, " says Cook.

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  • They might draw you in with an idea of fun: usually, the first half-hour or so of a social game is the most jam-packed with progress and new abilities, but tedium and frustration gradually become the dominant experiences as you slog ahead in a game that ends in -ville.

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