Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [art] [adj] lead [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manager Joe Royle confessed he had that ‘ here we go again ’ feeling when Willie Falconer pinched an early lead for Boro . |
| 2 | The home side took a sensational lead after only four minutes . |
| 3 | NEW ZEALAND off-spinner Dipak Patel captured a Test best 6–113 as the Kiwis took a first-innings lead of 106 over Zimbabwe , bowled out for 219 in Bulawayo . |
| 4 | The Belgian had a clear lead in his Nissan GTi-R on the final day , but engine failure allowed Kenjiro Shinozuka to take victory in his Group A Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 . |
| 5 | AT the end of an exciting morning 's play in which all three foursomes matches went to the final green , England established a one-point lead over Ireland on the second day of the Women 's Home international golf championship 's at Hermitage . |
| 6 | England took a 2–0 lead in the first chukka through James Lucas but Argentina took control of the game in the second chukka . |
| 7 | After Roebuck kicked the Aussies ahead , Llanelli took a 7–3 lead through Ieaun Evans ' brilliant try , which Stephens converted . |
| 8 | The second leg was in extra time when the Austrians took a 2-1 lead on aggregate . |
| 9 | West Hants , Bournemouth took a commanding lead in Area 8 after their 3–0 victory in the fourth found over Manydown , Basingstoke , while Team Excel , Bath affirmed their second place position with a 2–0 win against Alverstoke , Gosport . |
| 10 | A devastating second run worthy of Ingemar Stenmark in his prime reversed the one-second lead of Ole-Christian Furuseth for victory by half a second with a two-run aggregate of 2 minutes 7.41 seconds . |
| 11 | Prean defeated Danny Heister in the opening game and Chen Xinhua forged a 2–0 lead by crushing Paul Haldan 21–15 , 21–5 . |
| 12 | Sandstone took an early lead through Andrew Scott and after Arktel had equalised , Mark Pybis scored twice to clinch a 3-1 win . |
| 13 | Barnsley opened a 9–0 lead before Acklam 's number eight Stuart Dredge touched down a push-over try . |
| 14 | Barnsley opened a 9–0 lead before Acklam 's number eight Stuart Dredge touched down a push-over try . |
| 15 | Luton took an early lead with a goal from David Preece , which took a deflection as it sailed into the net . |
| 16 | Immediately after Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait on August 2 , 1990 , President George Bush took the international lead in condemning the act . |
| 17 | Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton had a handy lead over Jerry Brown in weekend party caucuses in Virginia . |
| 18 | Five years ago , Mrs Thatcher had a commanding lead over Mr Kinnock as the person who ‘ would make the best Prime Minister ’ . |
| 19 | Without a victory for over four years and bitterly disappointed to miss out on this month 's Ryder Cup , Brand Jnr held a four-stroke lead over Swedish rookie Olle Karlsson , with struggling Welshman Phillip Price a shot further back . |
| 20 | Unidroit gave an admirable lead in this respect many years ago in relation to the Leasing and Factoring Conventions , not merely by involving the requisite international leasing-and-factoring organizations in its deliberations from an early stage but also by exposing drafts of the proposed Conventions to critical examination at seminars for professionals in a number of different countries . |
| 21 | First results indicated an early lead for President dos Santos and the MPLA-PT . |
| 22 | Woosnam reached his third successive semi-final with a 3 and 2 victory over Olazabal after the Spaniard held a one-hole lead in the morning . |
| 23 | Newcastle Bohemians squandered a two-goal lead at home to fellow relegation candidates Cleator Moor Celtic and in the end were grateful for a share of the points . |
| 24 | Steve Davis took a 6-2 lead over Cliff Wilson . |
| 25 | On the eve of the vote , opinion polls showed a big lead for the ‘ yes ’ camp . |
| 26 | Although Stich lost a 3–0 lead in the first set , he broke Becker again when he forced him to net a forehand volley . |
| 27 | On 23 June the Gaullists took a big lead in the first round of the elections . |
| 28 | After 12 of the 36 events , the Teessiders had an eight-point lead over Thurrock . |