Example sentences of "lose [num] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we lost 6–4 in the 3rd in the final . ’ |
| 2 | Oxford had a four goal mountain to climb against Tranmere after losing 5-1 in the first leg … what was improbable looked impossible by half-time with Rovers Kenny Irons giving his team a one goal lead … |
| 3 | Colts ’ XI at Portsmouth , losing 3–0 to the first and second year apprentices from league clubs . |
| 4 | Lancashire had a point lead over Durham after the morning foursomes 3–2 but after new county champion Greg Helsby had halved his opening singles , they lost three of the next four , Southport and Ainsdale 's England international Raife Hutt , losing his to Craig Kilgour of Ravensworth 3&2 . |
| 5 | He lost five of the first seven holes in the afternoon and was in danger of going into the record books as Wentworth 's bloodiest casualty . |
| 6 | Alan McManus also bowed out of the tournament after losing four of the last five frames to Jimmy White . |
| 7 | Yorkshire field their strongest team for years in their bid to redress their relatively mediocre performances in recent seasons which have seen them lose two of the last three encounters against Durham . |
| 8 | A John Thomas hat-trick enabled Albion to take the aggregate score to six apiece with a 5-3 win at Bradford , while Palace won 3-2 having lost 2-1 in the first leg of their clash with second division basement dwellers , Leicester City . |
| 9 | But Turkey only lost 1–0 on the last two occasions and coach Sepp Piontek says : ‘ We are getting closer all the time . |
| 10 | The Times obituary said ‘ By his death the veterinary world has lost one of the last of the band of pioneers who successfully converted veterinarianism into the great profession which is constantly advancing both in scientific knowledge and in public esteem . ’ |