Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the first leg [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four of us were jammed in one compartment on the first leg of my journey — a train full of soldiers bound from the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator to Irkutsk , described as the Paris of Siberia , some 36 hours away . |
| 2 | Prime Factor was protested by Britain 's Canon Express for an infraction of the basic right-of-way rule on the first leg of the fourth race . |
| 3 | United will be at home in the first leg on September the twenty second and away at Villa Park two weeks later . |
| 4 | If the maritime portion does not take place in the first leg of the journey , the transport document can not attest to a loading on board the vessel when , in fact , the goods are only on board a truck or railroad car . |
| 5 | COLCHESTER confirmed their position as favourites to win the Vauxhall FA Trophy when they took a 3–0 lead in the first leg of their semi-final with Conference rivals Macclesfield , at Layer Road on Saturday , writes Peter Ernest . |
| 6 | The little Third Division side caused a sensation at Anfield a fortnight ago by storming into a 3-0 lead in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Cup tie . |
| 7 | Having held the Algerians to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the tie , the Egyptians start favourites . |
| 8 | City could only manage a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Cup-tie . |
| 9 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 10 | He run very well last time , showed plenty of early and he 's going to be on his toes tonight , but anyway it 's Ashfield Charlie in trap two , the selection for the first leg of the yankee . |
| 11 | For a band who 've frequently balanced on that tightrope ‘ twixt credibility and downright incredulity , it 's a fittingly bewildering mish-mash of live footage , snippets of interviews , shots of them recording the ‘ Achtung Baby ’ album in Berlin and stacks of stuff from the first leg of the current World Tour . |
| 12 | ON January 8 , 1875 , young James Springhall bade a tearful farewell to his parents and friends at Middlesbrough railway station on the first leg of an epic journey . |
| 13 | Moving on to sport now and Oxford United face Reading at the Manor tonight in the first round , second leg of the Rumbelows League Cup , the of a one-goal advantage from the first leg at Elm Park ; covering the match this evening is Mickey Inotta who saw Oxford 's bubble burst on Saturday as they went down 3-1 to Nott 's County . |
| 14 | The Third Division side , holding a 2-1 advantage from the first leg of their Littlewoods Cup tie , were well placed at 1-1 before Trevor Morley struck twice in as many minutes and David Oldfield added another to wrap up City 's 5-3 aggregate win . |
| 15 | Swindon have travelled to Tranmere Rovers with a three-one advantage from the first leg of the semi finals . |
| 16 | Lukic , normally rock solid , punched the ball into his own net to allow Rangers to draw level in the first leg of their European Cup tie . |
| 17 | Atlantis was to carry the Galileo space probe on the first leg of a six-year voyage to Jupiter this afternoon . |
| 18 | McNaught-Mandli has the worst possible start number for the first leg of the cup , which is against the clock from the start , for she is drawn to go first of 46 competitors from 13 countries . |
| 19 | The £1m Celtic player was in the near full-house crowd for the first leg on Wednesday night . |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic are 2–1 up on Stockport County after the first leg of the AutoGlass Trophy Northern final . |
| 21 | Bryan Robson 's injury , a legacy of previous combat , was diagnosed when he had to be substituted 20 minutes from the end of the first leg at Portsmouth only 13 days ago . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've noticed the players have perked up a lot since the first leg in Stuttgart . |
| 23 | Gullit is one of several long-term casualties missing from the Milan side as they take on Barcelona in the Nou Camp stadium in the first leg of the European Super Cup tonight . |
| 24 | Instead , they must now battle back from a 2-1 deficit after he punched the Glasgow club 's equaliser into his own net in the first leg of the all-British second round tie . |
| 25 | The quiet-spoken Esson has paid the price of seeing Defender slip from being third at one stage of the first leg to ninth in Punta , leaving Watkins to attack a two days , 17 hours , 37 minutes and 25 seconds deficit to make up on the leader , the New Zealand ketch Steinlager , and a 30 hours , 54 minutes , 52 seconds on the other top British challenger , Rothmans . |