Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] over [noun] [prep] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Edinburgh survived a narrow 65-64 win over Bedford in their pool and went on to defeat surprise semi-finalists Heriot Watt 70-42 . |
| 6 | Their 15-9 victory over Wales at Cardiff Arms Park last December was beyond dispute the most significant result they have ever achieved on foreign soil . |
| 7 | Celtic are in no hurry to sell , and if they continue the form they showed in the 3-0 victory over Hibernian at Easter Road they will be quite happy not to have any calls from potential buyers at least until the end of the season . |
| 8 | He made his Palace debut on Boxing Day , teaming up for the first time with Dickie Dowsett and Ronnie Allen , and helped the Palace romp to a thrilling 3–0 victory over Millwall on a freezing surface . |
| 9 | Not to be outdone , Liverpool defender Steve Staunton capably filled the striking boots of Ian Rush for the second half , scoring all three goals in their 3-0 win over Wigan for an 8-2 aggregate result . |
| 10 | In the second round of the HA Cup yesterday , Southport caused the main shock with a 3-0 win over Formby at Birkdale . |
| 11 | SCOTLAND moved into joint second place in their World Cup qualifying group last night with a 3-0 win over Malta in front of 35,000 fans at Ibrox . |
| 12 | Rovers went third in the first division on Tuesday night with a resounding 3-0 win over Southend at Prenton Park . |
| 13 | A Ray Upton double gained Star their second success of the season with a 2-0 win against Holmlands in division one and Windmill sailed to a 6-3 win over ESWA with Dave Harding ( 3 ) , Gary Myers ( 2 ) and Tommy Cartwright scoring . |
| 14 | COACH Kevin Cadle last night reflected on England 's magnificent nail-biting 75–71 win over Russia in a European Championship basketball qualifier of unprecedented drama and importance . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | WIRRAL Panthers trailed 4-0 before hitting back superbly to gain a thrilling 5-4 win over Glenavon in the Wallasey Junior League Under 12 division . |
| 19 | As a player , Culpepper , the highly successful coach of the Eastern territory from 1983–89 , captained the Eagles to their first-ever victory ; a 12–7 win over Canada in 1978 . |
| 20 | Northumberland had their outside-half Ian Chandler to thank for the late drop goal that led to a 13–11 victory over Alberta on a day when a freak Arctic airflow brought snow and near freezing temperatures to Calgary . |
| 21 | He had seven seasons at the top from his debut , along with six other new caps , in Scotland 's 18–17 victory over France at Murrayfield in January 1986 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Much of the spur for the tight rein which has been kept on emotion has come from the players themselves after their 10-9 victory over England at Cardiff a fortnight ago . |
| 24 | IAN McGEECHAN made his first home Five Nations appearance as a player in a 10-9 victory over Wales in 1973 . |
| 25 | England 's under-16 side opened their section at the same venue with an impressive 8–0 victory over Scotland after scoring six goals before the interval . |
| 26 | BRENTFORD 'S Gary Blissett let his goals do the talking after the 3-1 victory over Sunderland at Roker Park . |
| 27 | The Scots , though , are more likely to recall their 12-6 victory over Romania on their last visit to Murrayfield in 1981 . |
| 28 | And Australia 's 12–6 victory over England in the final wo n't be aired in the US until nearly four months after it was played . |
| 29 | Davies the rugby player captained Cambridge to a 17–11 victory over Oxford in his fourth Varsity match last December and is almost certainly creating history by becoming the first to earn a rugby-soccer double Blue in the same season . |
| 30 | Leeds had a good start in the new competition , climbing to second place after a 7–1 win over Barnsley in October , in which Price got five of the goals . |