Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the first round " in BNC.

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1 The Polytechnic had argued convincingly in the first round that to have done so then would have simply involved the NAB in steering its ‘ service ’ work around .
2 The RPR candidate , Charles Pasqua dropped out after the first round .
3 The draw 's been made today for the first round of the FA Cup … and here 's
4 If he managed to win through in the first round , there is now a second round of contests to be staged , followed by the final round later in the year .
5 In the Plate final — for teams knocked out in the first round of the Chairman 's Cup — Fife beat Perth 4–2 .
6 Mats Wilander — dumped out in the first round
7 Both scored highly in the first round but the French had done so well in the next round with three landing on the line , that only the RAF stood a chance of catching them .
8 I was not a skilful boxer but I did have a knock-out punch , which connected early in the first round and won me the fight .
9 Skipping an Ipswich rink , Roy Cutts , who had achieved a rare distinction of qualifying for all four championships — singles , pairs , triples and fours — went out in the first round of the fours to Egham of Surrey .
10 We went out in the first round and Lee did n't ask me anything until he 'd hit his drive .
11 Several candidates spoke of the need for a coalition , and senior FNLA officials said that their party would be likely to form an alliance with other parties , including the MPLA , in a possible run-off if no single candidate won outright in the first round .
12 Middlesbrough football club is knocked out of the first round of the War Cup by Bradford .
13 made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind .
14 made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind .
15 Kerns also won the consolation singles , for those knocked out in the first round of the men 's singles , with a final win over Neil Butcher .
16 But after being knocked out in the first round of the English Derby the dog injured a hind muscle and was out of action for a long time .
17 Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once
18 Legislative elections were held simultaneously with the first round of the presidential elections on April 8 , 1990 , when no party gained an overall majority [ see p. 37371 ] .
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