Example sentences of "[num] [adv] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bailey was 5–2 down in the first set tie breaker but won five successive points to draw first blood and then broke his rival in both the third and fifth games of the second set for an astounding victory . |
| 2 | Moxon and Kellett ( 87 ) , rattled up 203 together for the first wicket after Yorkshire had been put in to bat . |
| 3 | Cologne , 2-0 down from the first leg in Belgrade , won through to the quarter-finals with two goals from Goetz , his equaliser coming seven minutes from time , and a last-minute winner from Ordenewitz . |
| 4 | Bates , 5–4 up in the first set tie-break broke a racket string in the middle of the next point and eventually lost the tie-break 7–5 . |
| 5 | Six up from the first leg … |
| 6 | If you are unable to attend for work for any reason , you must ensure that your immediate Manager is informed before 10 am on the first day of absence so that arrangements can be made to deal with your work . |
| 7 | ‘ Then , if we go ahead with the script , they pay , for the treatment … 50.000,00 then for the first draft … 120.000,00 and for the second draft another 120.000,00 making in all , for the script … 290.000,00 |
| 8 | He said : ‘ We were three down after the first leg against Stuttgart , but there was a great feeling we could do it . |
| 9 | He is still trying to shrug off a throat and chest virus , but seems certain to start the game with Wednesday , 3-1 down from the first leg , struggling for striking cover . |
| 10 | Kaiserslautern , 3-1 up from the first leg of this second round tie , twice hit Trevor Francis 's team on the break in the second half . |
| 11 | He fell heavily when 4–1 down in the first set , needed several minutes of treatment before deciding to carry on , lost the first set , but then came back to win the next two — all the time nursing his knee with an ice-pack between games . |
| 12 | It was Dad ( as I now knew Malc 's father ) who opened the door at 6.45 p.m. on the first day of 1967 . |
| 13 | HEAVY rains gave way long enough for New Zealand to declare at 325–3 yesterday in the first Test at against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo . |
| 14 | STANTONDALE were two up in the first quarter of an hour through Graham Dodd and man of the match Paul Diamond before Carl Thomasson reduced the lead shortly before half-time . |
| 15 | Wednesday , 3–1 down from the first leg of this UEFA Cup tie , went about their work impressively . |