Example sentences of "[num] down in the [num ord] [noun] " 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 | Lake , facing Anne Simpkin , suffered the injury when 2-1 down in the second set and had to retire in the third , giving Simpkin a place in the quarter-finals with a 3-6 , 6-1 , 1-0 victory . |
| 3 | ‘ It was a good match and because I always felt I had a chance to break Byron I was not too unhappy when I went 3–0 down in the last set . |
| 4 | He was 5-3 down in the fourth game against Peter Hill before winning 9-1 , 9-0 , 2-9 , 9-5 in a patchy , not to say puzzling , match . |
| 5 | He was 9-13 down in the third game this time , when he somehow slipped free . |
| 6 | From 2-3 down in the third Baddeley was outplayed by his fleet-footed opponent . |
| 7 | From 2-3 down in the third Baddeley was outplayed as Hall continued to switch the play . |
| 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 | As for Newry , they are a much better side than last season , and they get credit for refusing to buckle after being reduced to ten men at 2–1 down in the 54th minute . |