Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] the lead [prep] " 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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Armstrong gave Sunderland the lead after twelve minutes and Gabiadini increased their lead five minutes later . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | At least one Leeds player scored a goal this weekend , as Frank Strandli gave Norway the lead against USA a minute before half time . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Bainbridge , the former British Lions forward , gave Newcastle the lead with the only try of the game . |
| 13 | First , Nelson , a first-half substitute for the injured Kim Grant , gave Charlton the lead in the 46th minute with a close-range header . |
| 14 | Joe Carr had given Jarrow the lead at half time , with Michael Taylor levelling the scores before Norman Platts shot home Silksworth 's winner in the 87th minute . |