Example sentences of "[was/were] knocked out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his last 16 games as manager , Macari 's West Ham won only three matches and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Fourth Division Torquay . |
| 2 | However , during that poor run which ultimately cost them the title , they were knocked out of the FA Cup by lowly Wrexham , and that must act as a warning in neon lights for their trip to non-League Yeovil . |
| 3 | Castle , 28 , who is quitting full-time tennis , was even more gloomy about the future of the British game after a disastrous year when the men were knocked out of the Davis Cup 's elite group and the women were similarly relegated in the Federation Cup . |
| 4 | DEFENDING champions Ajax Amsterdam were knocked out of the UEFA Cup last night when a 1–0 home victory was not enough to claw back a 4–2 first leg deficit to French club Auxerre in the quarter-finals . |
| 5 | They were knocked out of the Anglo-Italian Cup by Portsmouth , who beat them two-nil at the Manor . |
| 6 | Whitby were knocked out of the Yorkshire Shield 7–4 by the visitors to their heavy pitch , Wibsey ( Bradford ) , while Knaresborough plunged to the heaviest defeat in the club 's nine-year history when they went down 57–0 to the newly-formed Hull and ER club . |
| 7 | made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind . |
| 8 | made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind . |
| 9 | Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once |
| 10 | ANDRE AGASSI , the second seed , was knocked out of the Hong Kong Open in the first round yesterday by Haiti 's Ronald Agenor . |
| 11 | Eric Bristow was knocked out of the British Darts Open in London last night by Charlie Holdaway , a 28-year-old furniture assembler from Isleworth , Middlesex . |
| 12 | One contestant was knocked out of the ring and into the orchestra pit , landing in the mouth of the big bass horn and unable to extricate himself before the count of 10 . |
| 13 | But former boxing world champion Barry McGuigan was knocked out of the event with a blown engine on his Vauxhall Nova . |
| 14 | But the news was kept from Boris , 24 , before he was knocked out of the US Open championship , it said . |
| 15 | He 's obviously been in the river , so it does n't look as if he was knocked out on the beach . |
| 16 | Their rink was knocked out in the semi-final . |
| 17 | It was an unfortunate evening for me : I was knocked out in the second round , the only time I was knocked out , either at Eton or at Oxford . |
| 18 | JAMES COOK 'S defence of the European super-middleweight title lasted just 40 seconds as he was knocked out by the undefeated Franck Nicotra , of France , in Vitrolles last night . |
| 19 | Once more Daisy was knocked out by the fecundity of everything , the blackthorn purple with sloes , plump hazel nuts already shredded by squirrels , elderberries shiny as caviar hanging like shower fittings from their crimson stems . |
| 20 | ‘ Both countries are really poverty stricken but Ken was knocked out by the generosity of the Nepalese people . |
| 21 | The cherry and whites have a lot stronger team out this time and the good news is that Marcus Hannaford who fractured his jaw when he was knocked out against the Saracens is back at scrum half . |