Example sentences of "ahead for the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ahead for the first time , Widnes scored two tries in Daley 's absence , Offiah claiming a second , after an astute pass by Grima , then finding huge spaces in a disoriented defence to give Richard Eyres sight of the line . |
| 2 | After Mironov and Chapman had twice exchanged penalties in the first half , Chapman 's smart 30-yard dropped goal five minutes after the break put Cornwall ahead for the first time while Mishakov was off the field with a shoulder injury . |
| 3 | Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 . |
| 4 | Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 . |
| 5 | This attractive young Woodbrook player , three down on the 13th , seemed to have a superb match against Eavan Higgins all wrapped up after jumping ahead for the first time on the 17th , but lost her ‘ thinking cap ’ completely down the last . |
| 6 | But on 69 minutes Apoel went ahead for the first time in the entire tie and it was to prove decisive , Christodoulous Pounas curling his corner into the far corner of the net . |
| 7 | Ahead for the first time , McManus wrapped up a revenge win for last week 's 5-4 Nescafe Asian Open defeat with further runs of 94 and 75 . |
| 8 | Rory Underwood 's try put England ahead for the first time in the match with just seven minutes to go after a spell of relentless pressure on the home side . |