Example sentences of "for the [num ord] leg [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Ramsden 's husband , Jack , whose successful punting exploits have regularly had the bookies reaching for the valium bottle , was at first stunned and angered by the suggestion that anything was wrong with Travelling Light , whom he has backed at 33-1 for the second leg of the Autumn Double . |
| 2 | Sky TV newsreaders Chris Mann and Stephanie Callister chose Antigua 's Blue Waters Hotel for the second leg of their three week Caribbean honeymoon . |
| 3 | The world champions , having wiped Ireland off their pitch , today settle down in Swansea preparing for the second leg of their tour which culminates in the 16th international between the nations at Cardiff Arms Park on November 21 . |
| 4 | Boss Alex Ferguson may now gamble on his veteran as United prepare for the second leg of this UEFA Cup tie with the scores at 0-0 . |
| 5 | When they left home yesterday , they were full of confidence for the second leg of their play off campaign . |
| 6 | They take a three nil lead to Swansea for the second leg of their first round tie . |
| 7 | Quite a lot of members enjoyed the colourful Abbey Gardens before rejoining the coach for the second leg of our journey to Lavenham . |
| 8 | Goals in the first half by Ian Stewart , the former Northern Ireland international , and captain Tony English , with a 70th-minute penalty by player-manager Roy McDonough , gave the Essex club a comfortable cushion for the second leg at the Moss Rose Stadium next Friday . |
| 9 | Manchester United will be without suspended Mark Hughes for the second leg at Old Trafford next Wednesday night . |
| 10 | And Swindon head north for the second leg on Wednesday week . |
| 11 | ERIC Cantona last night threw Leeds a European Cup lifeline by declaring that he could be fit for the second leg against Stuttgart at Elland Road next week . |
| 12 | The £1m Celtic player was in the near full-house crowd for the first leg on Wednesday night . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Yet , such a house air waybill is not made available to the respective airline and does not bind either the airline responsible for the first leg of the journey ( also referred to as ‘ first airline ’ ) or subsequent airlines . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I hope to be back for the first leg with Manchester United . |
| 17 | And then for the third leg of our erm Radio Oxford yankee , we go over in the tenth race , the nine forty eight . |
| 18 | Although widely described as boat people , a large number of the January arrivals had made most of the journey to Hong Kong aboard Chinese buses , only boarding boats for the last leg of their journey . |
| 19 | They made it to the end of the road in Bombay where all the cars had to be steam cleaned inside and out for the last leg of the journey . |
| 20 | A body does n't look like the product of a loose and temporary federation of warring genetic agents who hardly have time to get acquainted before embarking in sperm or egg for the next leg of the great genetic diaspora . |
| 21 | For instance , there 's a 19th century telegraph relay station , where human operators function like modern amplifiers — they receive a weak signal and tap it out again for the next leg of the journey . |
| 22 | We have arrived exactly over the quarter-point from a position slightly south of our line 's origin ( i.e. , from the downwind leg at Gransden ) so must adjust our heading slightly for the next leg to the half-way mark . |
| 23 | Billie stretched her legs while Jenny refuelled and Adam bought some food for the next leg in the cafeteria at the rear of the terminal . |