Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] have take [art] lead " in BNC.

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1 Larne should have taken the lead two minutes later when a right wing cross from Fay sailed over Beck but McCourt , running in at the back post , somehow managed to steer his header wide .
2 Hindhead should have taken the lead when Frampton 's cross was misjudged by Wagstaff in front of a gaping goal .
3 Ipswich could have taken the lead as early as the second minute , when Steve Whitton picked up a poor clearance by Nigel Spink and cracked a drive just wide from 25 yards .
4 I simply say that it is fairly obvious that Britain could have taken the lead in clean coal technology .
5 Watford had the best of the early exchanges , but Leeds should have taken the lead after 16 minutes .
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