Example sentences of "cup for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gloucester18 Bath27 BATH reached the final of the cup for the seventh time in nine years when they scored two tries in the last five minutes of extra-time at Kingsholm and Stuart Barnes converted both of them from the touchline . |
| 2 | A COMMITTED Colchester side could not prevent National League Division One side Old Loughtonians from claiming the Essex Cup for the seventh time in ten years down in Chigwell . |
| 3 | Victory by 92 runs meant that Clive Lloyd was holding aloft the Prudential World Cup for the second time . |
| 4 | After winning a small chase at Ludlow he took the Hennessy Gold Cup for the second time — highly appropriately , as he was owned by Madame Kilian Hennessy of the sponsoring brandy company — and then , after a warm-up victory at Kempton Park , had beaten Fortria by a length in the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 5 | ‘ Arsenal always win something ’ went the saying after they won the Cup for the second time in 1936 . |
| 6 | Nottingham Forest0 Manchester United1 MANCHESTER United filled the last remaining gap in the Old Trafford trophy cabinet , as far as domestic competitions are concerned , at Wembley yesterday by winning the League Cup for the first time . |
| 7 | By December 1982 , when Celtic lifted the League Cup for the first time since the mid-'70s , Nicholas had established himself as the young sensation of Scottish football . |
| 8 | A week later , Treloar followed up by winning the Rosemary Symonds Cup for the first time in 17 years , so ending Hammer 's domination of this tournament . |
| 9 | World Cup for the first time since 1972 . |
| 10 | SHEFFIELD Eagles soared to the finals of the Yorkshire Cup for the first time — despite Hull 's stunning opening when Lee Jackson touched down in less than nine seconds . |
| 11 | Kent , taking full advantage of the disciplinary action that ended the 11 year reign of Essex as boys ' champions , won the Midland Bank Junior County Cup for the first time since its inception in 1967 , at Bournemouth during April . |
| 12 | MARR COLLEGE have won the Bank of Scotland Schools Cup for the first time , beating St Aloysius ' College by 8–6 at Ayr . |
| 13 | I could not help thinking there was a wonderful touch of irony in the fact that guy Forget and Henri Leconte , plus their captain , Yannick Noah became national heroes overnight in France for winning back The Davis Cup for the first time since the Musketeers — even though they now all live in Switzerland . |
| 14 | Twenty-five years to the day since England beat West Germany 4–2 in extra time at Wembley to win the World Cup for the first time and , so far , only time in a glorious ( etc , etc — the back pages that morning were awash , as they had been for days , with nostalgia and breast-beating and rush-of-blood reminiscence ) footballing history ; the apotheosis of the game , which , according to one writer at the time , ‘ lives like an extra pulse in the people of industrial England . ’ |
| 15 | Europe will be attempting to repeat its last Ryder Cup performance on US soil , a magnificent 15–13 victory at Muirfield Village in 1987 , while the US team will be looking to use its home advantage to win the Cup for the first time since 1983 . |
| 16 | Pedro Campos , project manager said , ‘ We are aware that a country going into the America 's Cup for the first time has never done well , but at the same time we are going there to win ; no-one knows about the class . ’ |
| 17 | In March they were received as World Champions by an ecstatic crowd after winning the Cricket World Cup for the first time . |
| 18 | England 's dreams of winning the cricket World Cup for the first time ended in disappointment today with defeat at the hands of Pakistan . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , Ballymoney recaptured the CIS Irish Junior Cup for the first time since 1983 , with a comfortable victory over Ulster Transport at Carrickfergus . |
| 20 | THE Derry side that reached the All Ireland final in 1958 will be guests of honour at a banquet in Dublin to be held in conjunction with their county 's bid to claim the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time . |
| 21 | Having beaten both West Coast and Su Ragazzi this season , Jets are well capable of winning the cup for the first time , especially as they possess two of the most talented players in Scotland in Geoff Marshall and captain John Gaughan . |
| 22 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 23 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 24 | He rose choreographically and refilled his cup for the third time . |
| 25 | ST ALOYSIUS College won the Bank of Scotland Scottish Schools Cup for the third time when they defeated Galashiels Academy by three tries to two at Meggetland . |
| 26 | Sarah was followed onto court by Hall , who only managed three games against Emmons , a result which ensured that the United States won the Cup for the 16th time in 19 contests . |