Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [art] [noun] cup " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm also putting a fiver on the England to win the World Cup this year , and the USA to win the European Championships . |
| 2 | ‘ Mods and rockers fought on the beach at Clacton ; John Steed and Emma Peel joined forces against evil as The Avengers ; West Ham froze out Preston North End to win the FA Cup ; Treasury officials defended the pound by borrowing £1,080m . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | The dramatic changes he forecasts would , for one , place every Wallaby who lands in South Africa to defend the World Cup in 1995 on a cash retainer for his rugby services . |
| 5 | The couple had encouraged and followed their son 's sporting progress right across South Africa , but they were n't able to afford the trip to Australia to see the World Cup challenge . |
| 6 | Mind you I want Norway to win the World Cup , they 're all Leeds are n't they ? |
| 7 | The title showdown guarantees a good crowd at Olympia on Saturday ( 2–45pm ) , with Bann needing to win to take the crown whereas a draw would be sufficient for Holywood to complete a Kirk Cup and league double . |
| 8 | Just a year ago Australia were defeating England at Twickenham to take the World Cup ; and on Saturday they trounced Ireland by 42-17 in Dublin . |
| 9 | Punition , the mare ridden by Alexandra Ledermann to win the World Cup qualifier in Paris last month , was the only one of the 30 European horses upset by the journey . |
| 10 | PATRICE BIANCHI of France edged out local hero Alberto Tomba to win a World Cup slalom in Madonna Di Campiglio , Italy yesterday . |