Example sentences of "[verb] [num] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he could have been back in the locker room even quicker had he served out for the match when he led 5–2 in the second set . |
| 2 | MAOIST ‘ Shining Path ’ guerrillas attacked a hamlet in the central Peruvian jungle , killing eight people and wounding seven in the second raid in the zone in less than a month , Panamericana Television said . |
| 3 | But Harris , who made 47 in the first innings and Puddle who promoted himself in the batting order had other ideas . |
| 4 | He dominated the tie-break 7–2 and after allowing seventh-seeded Chang to hold his first service game of the third set , Sampras went on an amazing burst , running off 11 games in a row to lead 5–0 in the fourth before Chang won another game . |
| 5 | ‘ Needless to say , there were plenty of takers when I offered a small wager — but a few worried expressions when I scored five in the first seven games ! |
| 6 | I said well I 've seen five in the last bloody couple months . |
| 7 | He lost the first frame quite easily but when Wattana had made 42 in the second , the 23-year-old Thai tried an ambitious plant which only let in Hendry for a clearance of 96 . |
| 8 | Taking the headlines in that match was Devon 's Nick Gaywood , who scored 117 in the second innings to take his season 's aggregate past 1000 in championship and knockout cricket for devon . |
| 9 | The manner of her 6-4 , 7-5 victory over the 1990 champion was impressive , for the Swede offered a strong challenge , and led 5-2 in the second set . |
| 10 | Davis failed to make contact with either of two clearly visible reds in three attempts when leading 37–36 in the ninth frame — and thus allowed Doherty safe passage into today 's semi-finals . |
| 11 | Beeson also reached 4-0 in the third game before his energy ran out . |
| 12 | But the one-time British No 1 , who came to Telford to play for fun , had her chances to further dent the reputations of the nation 's full-time players when she led 5–1 in the second set . |
| 13 | Whitley Warriors improved their Wembley prospects by beating Nottingham Panthers , who led 5–1 in the 17th minute . |
| 14 | But we lost 6–4 in the 3rd in the final . ’ |
| 15 | Oxford had a four goal mountain to climb against Tranmere after losing 5-1 in the first leg … what was improbable looked impossible by half-time with Rovers Kenny Irons giving his team a one goal lead … |
| 16 | Holm , 24 , who reached the last 16 at Wimbledon last year before losing to Stefan Edberg in four sets , also trailed 5–4 in the second set but found his range in time to break New Zealander Steven in the 11th game to level the match . |
| 17 | The Diadora Premier club 's goalkeeper , Adrian Blake , was concussed by a coin thrown from the crowd at London Road on Wednesday night as his side trailed 3–0 in the 57th minute . |
| 18 | Cornwall , asked to bat first by Ian Cockbain , laid the foundations for a decent total by reaching 110–2 in the 32nd over . |
| 19 | He scored seven before Constantine took his wicket and managed 11 in the second innings . |
| 20 | Chasing 464 in the last innings , O'Neill and Harvey were approaching 200 and looking good . |
| 21 | Payne , who had forfeited a winning chance in Valencia the previous week by taking 78 in the third round , was not going to let another chance slip by , and comfortably obtained his 4 to collect a £50,000 prize . |
| 22 | Colette led 5–3 in the first set tie break but lost 4 points in a row to give the Americans their third consecutive set of the tournament . |
| 23 | St Andrews-born Andy Thomson and his England international colleague , Gary Smith , produced the quickest win of the day , needing just 14 ends to secure a straight sets win over Welsh pair Colin Edwards and Ieuan Terry , who led 3-2 in the first set but never scored again as their opponents recovered to win 7-3 , 7-0 , 7-0 . |
| 24 | Dragon Pallets ( Ian Fullerton , Dave Pearce ) won 2-1 in the first division against Light of India and Wing Half ( John Farrell , Ritchie Martin ) defeated MSC Eastham 2-0 . |
| 25 | A John Thomas hat-trick enabled Albion to take the aggregate score to six apiece with a 5-3 win at Bradford , while Palace won 3-2 having lost 2-1 in the first leg of their clash with second division basement dwellers , Leicester City . |
| 26 | A few days before he resigned from West Ham , the club had been beaten 6–0 in the first leg of a crunch match against Oldham . |
| 27 | Marshall , who led 7–0 in the fourth before losing eight points in a row and bowing out , blamed loss of concentration . |
| 28 | Fiji 's team was a second strength team but they were still too good , running away 22–10 victors over Australia Green after trailing 10–0 in the first half . |
| 29 | Fourth seed Lendl retired after straining his left side while trailing 5-4 in the first set . |
| 30 | Tie Rack opened nine stores and closed four in the first half , and plans to have opened another 14 by the year-end , of which at least five will be in the UK . |