Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the first leg " 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 | Maiden was 91 miles ahead of Rucanor Sport and 158 miles in front of L'Esprit de Liberte , the class winner of the first leg . |
| 4 | Bruce Grobbelaar is suspended tonight , along with Paul Stewart , after his late dismissal in the first leg . |
| 5 | Bruce Grobbelaar is suspended tonight , along with Paul Stewart , after his late dismissal in the first leg . |
| 6 | Bruce Grobbelaar is suspended tonight , along with Paul Stewart , after his late dismissal in the first leg . |
| 7 | After overcoming Blackburn 3-0 at home in the first leg , due largely to an injury to Rovers ' goalkeeper Terry Gennoe , they were beaten 2-1 last night but prevailed on aggregate . |
| 8 | United will be at home in the first leg on September the twenty second and away at Villa Park two weeks later . |
| 9 | ‘ It is not so bad for us because we would be at home in the first leg , ’ said Blues chairman David Campbell . |
| 10 | Matches to be played home and away on November 25 and December 9 with first named teams at home in the first leg . |
| 11 | No player will look forward to the game more than Boro goalkeeper Stephen Pears , who defied his former team in the first leg and aims to shatter their Wembley hopes . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Real , defending a 2–1 lead from the first leg , faced a Torino side urged on by 120,000 fans and suffered an early setback when Rocha deflected a shot from Gianluigi Lentini into his own net . |
| 16 | Liverpool , who hold a 6-1 lead from the first leg , expect the support of around 4,500 fans for a match that has put the Cypriot police on alert because Juventus , the other Heysel disaster club , are also in action on the island . |
| 17 | Swindon have a six goal lead from the first leg so no danger for them … |
| 18 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
| 19 | Having held the Algerians to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the tie , the Egyptians start favourites . |
| 20 | City could only manage a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Cup-tie . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Only spirited defending of the highest order and considerable good fortune enabled Manchester United to progress beyond Silesia in 1968 : despite losing 1-0 to Gornik , Sir Matt Busby 's vision of winning the European Cup was still intact as the result of a two-goal advantage from the first leg . |
| 27 | Swindon have travelled to Tranmere Rovers with a three-one advantage from the first leg of the semi finals . |
| 28 | Liverpool , whose trademark passing game was never in evidence in the white-hot Anfield atmosphere , rarely looked capable of pulling back Spartak 's two-goal advantage from the first leg . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |