Example sentences of "lead [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 Hawthorn took the lead early in the first quarter and the Cats then had to play catch-up .
2 Manor took the lead midway through the first half with a well-taken goal by Sean Annells .
3 Duncan Shearer shot them into the lead midway through the first half with his 21st goal of the season .
4 You know that old old saying about football being a funny game , well this tie was even funnier than that , Joey Beauchamp shot United into the lead midway through the first half .
5 Skipper , Derek Hall cracked them into the lead midway through the first half .
6 On tries the cherry and whites won by three to one … they looked sharp enough moving into attack … and looked good enough for victory … they even took the lead midway through the first half … with a well worked and well taken try by Tim Smith …
7 United took the lead midway through the first half .
8 It started well enough , with Dave Mitchell giving Town the lead midway through the first half .
9 Gary Blissett gave Brentford the lead midway through the first half , which was a bad one for the Town defence .
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