Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] the lead " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wright struck just 52 seconds after Kevin Campbell had given Arsenal the lead in a dismal match at Highfield Road . |
| 2 | Two injury-ravaged sides understandably lacked precision and poise but Gabbiadini was always direct in his approach and it was appropriate that he should give Sunderland the lead six minutes before the interval . |
| 3 | She may just have vital information that will give Bob the lead he 's looking for . ’ |
| 4 | A speedy , sixth-minute break saw Roberto Paci intercept Warren Neil 's desperate back pass to give Lucchese the lead . |
| 5 | Two minutes after the break , Dwight Marshall 's optimistic 25-yarder beat Dorking keeper Lee Orkney 's dive to give Plymouth the lead . |
| 6 | It helped to give Hartlepool the lead , with the move begun in their own area and completed by Paul Baker 's firm header on Paul Dalton 's cross . |
| 7 | The only problem is getting Sam the lead singer special permission take time off school because he 's only 13 . |
| 8 | With the match looking as though it would end goalless at the interval David Tate broke down the right and from his cross Ged Kennedy forced the ball home to give Eppleton the lead . |
| 9 | Second , they 're no longer played by ugly gits like Charles Bronson , but by pretty ethnics such as Lou Diamond Phillips who can plausibly claim to have Cherokee blood somewhere in their veins ( it was this which landed Phillips the lead in The Dark Wind , the recent Robert Redfordbacked adaptation of one of Tony Hillerman 's Navajo detective novels ) . |
| 10 | Earlier , Mark Hartline , recently selected for the England Youth Squad , should have given Bicester the lead when he was through twice on the keeper , but put the ball wide . |
| 11 | Northern Ireland international Magilton , who had given Oxford the lead from the penalty spot , went after 58 minutes for retaliation after being fouled by Paul Raynor . |
| 12 | What Scunthorpe managed last season Scarborough achieved despite the disappointment of seeing one of their most sustained periods of pressure relieved with the Steve Clarke goal which gave Chelsea the lead . |
| 13 | Armstrong gave Sunderland the lead after twelve minutes and Gabiadini increased their lead five minutes later . |
| 14 | Then a powerful run through four tackles and a brave finish by Frampton gave Hindhead the lead . |
| 15 | A birdie two at the 32nd gave Rafferty the lead and he went two up at the 34th where Lyle , disturbed mid-swing by the clicking of a camera , pulled his tee shot into the trees on the left . |
| 16 | Les Armstrong gave Gretna the lead with a shot from the edge of the box midway through the first half , but Shildon levelled fifteen minutes from time through Micky Taylor after being set up by Colin Blackburn . |
| 17 | David Manderson gave Scarborough the lead after six minutes when he intercepted an off-target Dave Logan shot and clipped the ball over keeper Andy Collett . |
| 18 | Cambridge United and Middlesbrough were unable to break the deadlock in the first half of their match , but Taylor gave Cambridge the lead after sixty seven minutes and it was Taylor who made it two nil fifteen minutes from time to give Cambridge a memorable victory . |
| 19 | After John Wark gave Ipswich the lead Town fired back … and thoroughly deserved their equaliser … it came from new striker Keith Scott … and on this showing he could be the bargain of the season … |
| 20 | Trevor Baron gave Woking the lead . |
| 21 | Fealy 's try gave Newbridge the lead after Hayward had missed with two earlier attempts . |
| 22 | The Italian Serie B side had defender Carlo Pascucci sent off after Aspinall gave Portsmouth the lead with a 75th-minute strike from outside the area . |
| 23 | Brian Carr gave Herrington the lead when he chipped the ball over the Wolviston keeper , with Malcolm Nugent rounding off the scoring after the break . |
| 24 | Eddie Freeman gave Easington the lead , with Graham Curry cancelling that out , but Easington surged into the lead early in the second half with goals by Freeman , Micky Skirving and Allan Martin , and even though Jimmy Lagan pulled one back , Skirving wrapped up the points . |
| 25 | Kjetil Rekdal 's penalty gave Norway the lead but Dennis Bergkamp stroked in an equaliser 30 seconds later . |
| 26 | At least one Leeds player scored a goal this weekend , as Frank Strandli gave Norway the lead against USA a minute before half time . |
| 27 | Frank gave Norway the lead after 11 minutes and Norway had a spell of chances and a goal wrongfully disallowed ( attack on keeper according to the ref — but the slow-mo showed he was clearly wrong as Jostein Flo 's little brother Tore-Andre outjumped turk goalie for a high ball in the field ) . |
| 28 | Gary Blissett gave Brentford the lead midway through the first half , which was a bad one for the Town defence . |
| 29 | Adam Christie , against the run of play , gave Aldershot the lead after 15 minutes , only for Mid-Oxon to equalise when a swirling corner-kick caused problems for 'keeper Ryan Canning . |
| 30 | Germany gives Europe the lead : As banks raise UK interest rates to 15% , the highest level since 1981 , building societies are set to follow |