Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madrid , level with Barcelona before the weekend but with an inferior goal difference , took a 2-1 lead over Logrones in the 88th minute and seemed certain winners . |
| 2 | Monty Wright landed the decisive win in England 's 6-5 victory over Poland in the amateur international at HMS Nelson , Portsmouth , last night — a unanimous points triumph over Jan Kopreckocaika — in front of the England Commonwealth Games selectors . |
| 3 | SCOTLAND will bid to lift their third Triple Crown in nine years when they travel to Twickenham on Saturday week with the same line-up which did them proud in the 20-0 victory over Wales . |
| 4 | The 23-year-old Scot silenced a growing band of critics with an impressive 9-5 victory over James Wattana . |
| 5 | That 's the view of his manager and mentor Ian Doyle , who believes that the Scot 's 9-5 victory over James Wattana in the final of the Benson and Hedges Masters at Wembley Conference Centre has ended his trophy drought . |
| 6 | ENGLAND 's women had no problem retaining the Triple Crown when they followed the 13–2 defeat of Scotland last week with a 10–0 victory over Wales at Birmingham on Saturday . |
| 7 | Support for my ailing home town club extends a few years before the glorious 1964 10–0 victory over Darlington , part of Belle Vue folklore . |
| 8 | Second seed Amanda Grunfeld , from Manchester , joined Durie in the last 16 with a 6–1 , 6–4 victory over Banbury 's Claire Spencer , while Devon 's third-seeded Sara Gomer , runner-up for the past three years , crushed Fulham 's Claire Spencer 6–4 , 6–2 . |
| 9 | Gabriela Sabatini , of Argentina , retained her Family Circle Cup at Hilton Head , South Carolina , with a 6–1 , 6–4 victory over Spain 's Conchita Martinez . |
| 10 | It was good to see Terry Howse back in action for Post Office A and he contributed a win in the 6–4 victory over Windsor Hawks . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But Stewart was in much better form — and scored the winner — as the Merseysiders launched their title drive with a 2-1 victory over Sheffield United on Wednesday . |
| 13 | The English striker , who scored a sensational opening goal in the 2-1 victory over Leeds United at Elland Road , believes Rangers have nothing to fear from his former club . |
| 14 | Swedish international Henrik Gustafsson won two of the last three heats to give King 's Lynn a 47–43 success over Swindon , who had struck with maximum points in the first race from Mitch Shirra and Standing . |
| 15 | The Grimsby left-hander 's semi-final opponent on Wednesday will be Jimmy White , who won the last seven frames in a row to turn a 5-2 deficit into a 9-5 win over Doug Mountjoy . |
| 16 | The Grimsby left-hander 's semi-final opponent on Wednesday will be Jimmy White , who won the last seven frames in a row to turn a 5-2 deficit into a 9-5 win over Doug Mountjoy . |
| 17 | A 2-1 win over Brighton and a 3-3 draw at Rotherham , however , have lifted spirits considerably . |
| 18 | Barcelona came back from European Cup despair to score a 2-1 win over Atletico Bilbao at the Nou Camp on Saturday . |
| 19 | Ireland can finish in ninth place in the Inter-Continental Cup in Poland , provided they beat Canada today following yesterday 's 2-1 win over France . |
| 20 | Skelmersdale United , boosted by the home debuts of Peter Smith and Fran Ventre plus a fine 2-1 win over Glossop , visit Kidsgrove Athletic . |
| 21 | Crewe 's 2-1 win over Mansfield was their first in 10 games but they cut it fine , Cutler scoring the winner two minutes from time . |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers reached the second round proper of the FA Youth Cup with a 2-1 win over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road with goals from Mick Edwards and Rob Williams . |
| 23 | TRANMERE went back to the top of the Third Division on goal difference last night as they extended their unbeaten home League run to 26 games with a 2-1 win over Walsall . |
| 24 | Goals from Joe Robertson and James McGinty yesterday earned Rangers a 2-1 win over Partick Thistle , while Celtic beat Queen 's Park 4-2 in the tournament in which the clubs now field their youth sides . |
| 25 | THE organisers of the Harp Masters men 's hockey tournament exhaled a sigh of relief last night when the only visiting team — Glasgow Western — scraped into the quarter-final stage with a hard fought 2-1 win over section two side Collegians at Blaris . |
| 26 | Leeds ' manager Howard Wilkinson after 2-1 win over Plymouth . |
| 27 | Hull moved out of the Second Division relegation zone for the first time since mid-September with a 2-1 win over Plymouth last night — their fourth win in their last six games and their third successive victory under the new manager Stan Ternant . |
| 28 | Edinburgh survived a narrow 65-64 win over Bedford in their pool and went on to defeat surprise semi-finalists Heriot Watt 70-42 . |
| 29 | Israel 's Jeff Rabkin , world outdoor bronze medallist , advanced with a 7-4 , 3-7 , 7-2 , 7-2 win over Cardiff 's Phillip Rowlands . |
| 30 | CHARLES BOYD took his points haul to 131 in four games as he led Brixton Topcats , the pacesetters in the National League First Division , to a 115-86 win over Corby Fliers . |