Example sentences of "[prep] [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford 's two-one win at home to Peterborough lifted them into sixteenth place in the First Division . |
| 2 | GUY Whittingham scored his 40th goal of the season to push Portsmouth into second place in the First Division . |
| 3 | Now football , and Swindon Town have moved up into sixth place in the first division after beating Grimsby Town one-nil at the County Ground last night . |
| 4 | Football now , and Swindon Town have stepped up their promotion challenge by moving up into fifth place in the first division . |
| 5 | GARRY NELSON scored twice to go past the 100 League goal mark and move Charlton into third place in the First Division . |
| 6 | Once again McNab paid tribute to the old guard who have seen Tranmere soar into third place in the First Division the highest placing in the club 's history . |
| 7 | Despite qualifying sixth , the Reynard driver made a superb start and was in second place by the first corner , taking the lead from Gianni Morbidelli 's Lola by the end of the lap . |
| 8 | Britain 's Malcolm Wilson , who was in seventh position after the first day , went off the road during the 17th stage . |
| 9 | This four-nil win at Watford on Saturday — their sixth in seven games — left them in third place in the First Division . |
| 10 | Roberts , who scored a hat-trick in a TV game against Birmingham City earlier in the season , again came alive in front of the cameras to lift Wolves from ninth to sixth place in the First Division . |
| 11 | And the victory elevated Tranmere to third place in the first division behind Kevin Keegan 's Newcastle and Swindon . |
| 12 | Too determined for her own good really , which was why he had had to agree to last night in the first place . |
| 13 | India reached 31 without loss by the close , both Srikkanth and Sidhu making 13 , but the latter was lucky to survive a chance to Taylor at first slip off the first ball he faced . |
| 14 | Suddenly , after battling all season with Manchester City for third place in the First Division , the Wednesday player-manager finds that finishing second is now more than just a pipe dream . |