Example sentences of "[num] [adv prt] [prep] the 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Six up from the first leg … |
| 5 | He said : ‘ We were three down after the first leg against Stuttgart , but there was a great feeling we could do it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Wednesday , 3–1 down from the first leg of this UEFA Cup tie , went about their work impressively . |