Example sentences of "world cup [conj] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were pleased to see the Canadians do so well in the World Cup after they had beaten us over there ’ ! |
| 2 | It was national absolution : they won the World Cup but we played football . |
| 3 | England did n't quite make it in the Rugby World Cup but we did manage to fight rival bids from the likes of Sweden , Austria and Canada to host the prestigious Hair Olympics '94 . |
| 4 | Grubb said yesterday : ‘ I would be more comfortable about my chance of winning the World Cup if I had Denizen here . |
| 5 | England have played them once , in a warm-up before the 1986 World Cup when they won 4-0 in Cairo . |
| 6 | THE LATE Jock Stein laid down a strategy for the World Cup when he said that a team could wear working clothes to qualify , but needed to find evening dress for the event itself . |
| 7 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |