Example sentences of "[noun] a [num] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Hall 's goal that gave Alton College a 1–0 win over Barton Peveril in the quarter-finals . |
| 2 | ANDRE AGASSI cruised to a comfortable 6-1 , 6-2 , 6-2 triumph over Marc Rosset last night to give the United States a 1-0 lead over Switzerland in the Davis Cup final . |
| 3 | As Pontypridd gained the upper hand in the forward exchanges , Jenkins crossed for two tries to give the home side a 19–3 lead at half-time . |
| 4 | Roblin again bang on target with another kick which gave the visitors a 9-3 lead at half-time . |
| 5 | A POWERFUL low drive by Nick Summerbee earned England a 1–0 win over Scotland and eased them into the final of the Under-21 tournament in Toulon last night . |
| 6 | TREVOR GORDON sunk two free throws two seconds from time to give England a 75–71 triumph over Russia at Manchester 's G-Mex Centre last night . |
| 7 | Frank Pingel 's second half goal gave Denmark a 1–0 victory over Albania in Tirana , keeping the European champions unbeaten and one point behind the Republic of Ireland in group three . |
| 8 | Four penalties from four attempts by the full-back gave Ireland a 12–7 lead at the interval , Kerr responding with one penalty from three attempts before Bracken got the touch as England forced their way over the Irish line . |
| 9 | First-half goals by Brian Grant and Paul Kane gave Aberdeen a 2–0 win over Motherwell . |
| 10 | A disputed penalty in the last minute of the game with Omonia gave Apollon a 4-4 draw after being 4-2 behind with three minutes to go . |
| 11 | A GARY CROSBY goal after 70 minutes gave Nottingham Forest a 1-0 win over QPR at the City Ground and ended 169 days ' misery in the Premier League 's bottom three . |
| 12 | In the National League play-offs , Robby Thompson hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs , leaving put them 2-1 ahead . |
| 13 | There was one surprise result as Brent Kidd 's double strike gave Section Two side Ballynahinch a 2-0 win over Newry at Blaris and a quarter-final tie with Garvey this afternoon . |
| 14 | In Division Three , Mark Brown and Mark McNally scored to give Brookhouse a 2-1 win over High Oaks . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , two goals in the last minute earned Oxford a 5–5 draw from a remarkable tussle with Portsmouth at the Manor Ground . |
| 17 | KEVIN DEARDEN saved a second-half penalty to earn Birmingham a 2–1 victory over Bolton which lifted them back to the top of the Third Division for the first time since November . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A strike out of the blue by top scorer Stan Collymore 12 minutes from time gave Southend a 1–0 win at Oxford and a boost in their fight against relegation . |
| 20 | SUBSTITUTE Paul Randall earned non-League Bath City a 2-2 draw with Northampton yesterday with a late goal he did not even see . |
| 21 | The eager Yugoslav striker , who also provided the late winner last December that gave Red Star a 3–2 win over Anderlecht , was the key to his team 's 2–0 defeat of the Greeks . |
| 22 | This looks as eye-like to the predator as the real eye , and gives the prey a fifty-fifty chance of losing its head . |
| 23 | She has given this rich stone a 1990s look by setting it in delicate modern mounts for necklaces , earrings ( above ) , and rings . |
| 24 | Customer Smythe was to accept liability for the Queen 's Royalty of one-fifteenth part ; to pay the company a one-ninth part of the production ; and a money rent of £433 : 6s. 6d. , providing thereby funds to be distributed as a dividend . |
| 25 | A last-minute goal from Billy Herd gave Cowdenbeath a 1-1 draw with Stirling Albion and saved them from relegation for a least a week . |
| 26 | Davis came to Brentwood a 16-12 loser to Hendry in the UK final and is going through a patch where he is making more unforced errors than usual . |
| 27 | Davis came to Brentwood a 16-12 loser to Hendry in the UK final and is going through a patch where he is making more unforced errors than usual . |
| 28 | Cumbria threatened to fall apart when they lost their hooker , Derek Dougan , just before the interval , as Lancashire 's Mark Hesketh finished off a surge by Shaun Gallagher , initiated by the lively Dewi Morris , to give Lancashire a 9-0 lead at the break . |
| 29 | The Liverpool keeper 's one big mistake was to flap at a Wallace cross , allowing Cantona to head into a empty net and give Leeds a 4-2 advantage with a couple of minutes left . |
| 30 | Julian Darby had given Bolton a 2–1 lead after 89 minutes . |