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

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1 But after being knocked out in the first round of the English Derby the dog injured a hind muscle and was out of action for a long time .
2 made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind .
3 made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind .
4 Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once
5 Middlesbrough football club is knocked out of the first round of the War Cup by Bradford .
6 He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career .
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