Example sentences of "[prep] winning [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A PRISONER on the run was arrested after winning a karaoke contest — by singing Elvis Presley 's Jailhouse Rock . |
| 2 | The trainer-jockey partnership had been accused of breaking the rules after winning a race at Lingfield last winter . |
| 3 | Just two weeks after winning a race in Barnsley , he romped to victory in the Belfast Classic 10K … and then he headed to Dublin and finished second in the BLE 5K road race championship . |
| 4 | Roderick and and his brother Mark , 25 , inherited an estimated Pounds 500,000 last year after winning a court bid to have their parents declared ‘ presumed dead . ’ |
| 5 | HOSPITAL clerk Pat McHugh became a millionaire after winning a fortune in Mexican pesos . |
| 6 | Medical rep Janet was coming home after winning a trip to Jamaica . |
| 7 | YOUNGSTER Oliver Oakes , of Lowestoft , Suffolk , has become the fastest four-year-old in the country after winning a sponsorship deal to drive a 100 mph go-kart . |
| 8 | Chris explained : ‘ Turning professional was very much an option after winning a gold medal at Barcelona . |
| 9 | Sitting pretty : Marion Barry , who lost his job as Mayor of Washington and served six months ' jail for cocaine possession , is back in city government after winning a council seat . |
| 10 | Hospital land at Barnard Castle will be sold for development , a health authority official confirmed after winning a planning appeal last Thursday . |
| 11 | The number two there , Patrick Fairweather , is no Arabist ( to the extent that , after winning a point at one Foreign Office meeting , he exclaimed : ‘ Great to win one over the [ expletive deleted ] camels ! ’ ) . |
| 12 | A SMALL London business is claiming a precedent after winning a value added tax tribunal case against Customs & Excise over penalty payments tied to late payments . |
| 13 | Worse was to follow for the great mare , for after winning a match at Punchestown against Buck House ( who the day before her Gold Cup victory had won the two-mile Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham ) and running second in the Prix la Barka at Auteuil , she returned to the French course in June to attempt a repeat victory in the Grand Course de Haies . |
| 14 | According to her local paper , Louise James holds the title after winning a photo competition . |
| 15 | Page had a quiet year in 1991 ; now he is ready to challenge for honours again after winning a trophy which bears names such as Sandy Lyle and Peter McEvoy . |
| 16 | In 1963 , however , Clark was champion for the first time , after winning a record seven rounds , and at 27 he became the youngest-ever world champion . |
| 17 | After winning a scholarship in 1900 to King 's College , Cambridge , he came under a brilliant scholar , Walter Headlam , [ q.v. ] , and a born teacher , Nathaniel Wedd . |
| 18 | The Cheetahs supported by Fox F M , are facing the indignity of finishing bottom of the British League after winning the championship last year . |
| 19 | New Zealand batted first after winning the toss and made 224 ( Dempster 54 ) . |
| 20 | Kepler Wessels , a veteran of 24 Tests for Australia , led a team of debutantes into the field after winning the toss , and saw West Indies off to a flyer with Haynes and Phil Simmons , still not convincing in the longer fame , punching holes in the off side whenever Donald and Pringle overpitched. business as usual , we thought — but we were wrong . |
| 21 | And at Chelmsford Northants are batting after winning the toss against Essex . |
| 22 | He has already sampled success at the highest level and after winning the Celebration Mile at Goodwood last Saturday on Swing Low he has his eyes firmly focused on more Group One events . |
| 23 | Here is an extract from a letter written by an indignant rentier to his bailiff ( Driver , no. x ) : When in the next century Alexander the Great , after winning the battle of Issos in Cilicia , turned south against Egypt rather than going immediately east towards the Iranian centre of the Persian Empire , his decision , as we shall see , was strategically sensible ; what is surprising is that the Persians surrendered so quickly , not trying to defend Egypt at all , although economically Egypt probably mattered more to the Persian upper class than any other satrapy . |
| 24 | The Frenchman , who protested his innocence when he failed a drug test after winning the Tour of Wallonia in 1987 , is one of a number of leading riders to have failed a test , including Pedro Delgado , the Spaniard who was allowed to complete and win the Tour de France last year after a test revealed a substance banned by the International Olympic Committee but not by the International Cycling Union . |
| 25 | In March they were received as World Champions by an ecstatic crowd after winning the Cricket World Cup for the first time . |
| 26 | Malcolm Smith , 36 , is on the verge of financial ruin because of mounting legal costs a year after winning the case against Alanah Houston , his former partner at a Northampton surgery . |
| 27 | Colin McRae , of Scotland , continues his defence of the champion 's crown over four stages in Kielder Forest after winning the opening round in his Subaru in north Wales two weeks ago . |
| 28 | Despite returning to London after winning the heavyweight gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games , there have been constant jibes about his right to call himself British . |
| 29 | Seb was still in high spirits after winning the race . |
| 30 | Rummy who will again lead the parade on National Day , is immortalised by a life-size bronze statue after winning the race three times and finishing second twice between 1973 and ‘ 77 . |