Example sentences of "[verb] [num] in the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford had a four goal mountain to climb against Tranmere after losing 5-1 in the first leg … what was improbable looked impossible by half-time with Rovers Kenny Irons giving his team a one goal lead … |
| 2 | Colette led 5–3 in the first set tie break but lost 4 points in a row to give the Americans their third consecutive set of the tournament . |
| 3 | St Andrews-born Andy Thomson and his England international colleague , Gary Smith , produced the quickest win of the day , needing just 14 ends to secure a straight sets win over Welsh pair Colin Edwards and Ieuan Terry , who led 3-2 in the first set but never scored again as their opponents recovered to win 7-3 , 7-0 , 7-0 . |
| 4 | Dragon Pallets ( Ian Fullerton , Dave Pearce ) won 2-1 in the first division against Light of India and Wing Half ( John Farrell , Ritchie Martin ) defeated MSC Eastham 2-0 . |
| 5 | A John Thomas hat-trick enabled Albion to take the aggregate score to six apiece with a 5-3 win at Bradford , while Palace won 3-2 having lost 2-1 in the first leg of their clash with second division basement dwellers , Leicester City . |
| 6 | A few days before he resigned from West Ham , the club had been beaten 6–0 in the first leg of a crunch match against Oldham . |
| 7 | Fiji 's team was a second strength team but they were still too good , running away 22–10 victors over Australia Green after trailing 10–0 in the first half . |
| 8 | Fourth seed Lendl retired after straining his left side while trailing 5-4 in the first set . |
| 9 | Tie Rack opened nine stores and closed four in the first half , and plans to have opened another 14 by the year-end , of which at least five will be in the UK . |