Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] cup " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , the stars of the night series final were the player who had come back from the World Cup . |
| 2 | Norway was of course seeded last in FIFA 's set up for the world cup ( no surprise as FIFA 's seeding is just base on recent world cup 's ) . |
| 3 | Less than 12 months after Steve Pate was pulled out of the Ryder Cup singles on medical grounds much the same thing happened at the recent PGA Cup match at Kildare . |
| 4 | Newcastle United , claimed its lead back page story , had been ‘ dumped out of the FA Cup ’ by David Speedie 's hat-trick for Blackburn . |
| 5 | BORO 'S treble hopes were dealt a shattering blow last night after being dumped out of the FA Cup . |
| 6 | Dumped out of the Pilkington Cup last Saturday and sweating on four points , coach Keith Richardson admitted : ‘ This is a desperate time for the club , one where we have lost 12 players before the season started and too many games for comfort . |
| 7 | Even though Geoff Cooke was appointed through to the World Cup , his was only a yearly ‘ contract ’ , and his position was reviewed by the RFU each year . |
| 8 | The Fellow , a comfortable winner from Docklands Express in last year 's King George and twice touched off in the Gold Cup , has apparently thrived since finishing third in last month 's Hennessy . |
| 9 | It was his goal that knocked United out of the Coca-Cola Cup , and Atkinson added : ‘ Saunders is the best natural striker I 've ever worked with . |
| 10 | Levein was ruled out of the World Cup match after a medical check yesterday , leaving manager Andy Roxburgh with defensive problems following the loss of Richard Gough from his original pool . |
| 11 | CARL Lewis , who bleated because he was n't allowed to run in the Olympics against Linford Christie , has ducked out of the World Cup in Cuba where they would have met for a 100 metres showdown later this month . |
| 12 | The morning was taken up with the Townhead Cup , a stroke play competition resulting in a close fought battle between Eddie Docherty and Andrew Beattie . |
| 13 | Plymouth , knocked out of the Coca-Cola Cup by Scarborough this week , desperately need the cash a decent FA Cup run would bring . |
| 14 | Castle , 28 , who is quitting full-time tennis , was even more gloomy about the future of the British game after a disastrous year when the men were knocked out of the Davis Cup 's elite group and the women were similarly relegated in the Federation Cup . |
| 15 | Predictably , though , there was little resemblence between this defeated Liverpool side and the one that came so close to being knocked out of the FA Cup in the semi-final against Portsmouth at Highbury . |
| 16 | In his last 16 games as manager , Macari 's West Ham won only three matches and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Fourth Division Torquay . |
| 17 | However , during that poor run which ultimately cost them the title , they were knocked out of the FA Cup by lowly Wrexham , and that must act as a warning in neon lights for their trip to non-League Yeovil . |
| 18 | McGrath saw his side knocked out of the FA Cup by non-League Marine last month , followed by last week 's 4-0 home Autoglass Trophy hammering by local rivals Bradford , and a 2-1 home defeat by Barnet last Saturday . |
| 19 | They 're trying to arrange a ‘ mutually convenient ’ date ( and in the back of their minds they also want it to still be on sky … so unless we both get knocked out of the FA cup this weekend ( perish the thought ) we 'll probably end up playing a saturday and the following monday if moneygrabber silver is owt to do with it . |
| 20 | DEFENDING champions Ajax Amsterdam were knocked out of the UEFA Cup last night when a 1–0 home victory was not enough to claw back a 4–2 first leg deficit to French club Auxerre in the quarter-finals . |
| 21 | THE defending champions , Ajax , were last night knocked out of the UEFA Cup quarter- finals by French club Auxerre when their 1-0 home victory was not enough to overhaul a 4-2 first-leg deficit . |
| 22 | Only a few days earlier England had been knocked out of the World Cup by West Germany . |
| 23 | But he lost his Test place in New Zealand last winter and was also left out of the World Cup squad . |