Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] win the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Community Health Trust in Hereford failed to win the laundry contract for the city 's St Mary 's Hospital . |
| 2 | But 19 days have passed since Imran Khan accepted the Waterford Globe from Sir Colin Cowdrey in Melbourne after Pakistan had won the World Cup ; a mere 10 have gone by since England 's ‘ A ’ team finished their tour of the West Indies on a relatively high note in Barbados . |
| 3 | Pakistan had won the first ‘ Test ’ , at Karachi , by an innings and four runs . |
| 4 | Earlier , Malcolm Pyrah had won the first Olympic Talent Spotters Championship on It 's Me and , though he does not believe the small seven-year-old chestnut is potential Olympic material , he echoed the widespread praise for this new series of competitions . |
| 5 | A spokesman said it would be premature to say Ayr had won the battle . |
| 6 | On May 4 UMNO had won the by-election to the federal House of Assembly in Bayu in northern Kedah state , albeit by a reduced majority of 3,592 votes against the main opposition Parti Islam ( PAS ) . |
| 7 | It 'll be hard to swallow , because Brundle had won the Benetton contract after several lean years on the circuit with lesser teams . |
| 8 | Reynolds worked to win the church political esteem and influence through its contributions to affairs of state . |
| 9 | Peter Thomson had won the 1954 and 1956 British Opens with Cecil Timms . |
| 10 | EPR had won the battle on their own terms but , like Bohr in his very different way , they had defined the rules so as to assure themselves of victory . |
| 11 | I thought that I had finished third , but when I studied the television slow-motion replay on the stadium scoreboard I could see that in fact Ray had won the bronze medal . |
| 12 | For example , what if Mr Heath had won the February 1974 general election , as he nearly did , and carried on as Prime Minister ? |
| 13 | Allan Wells had won the 1981 World Cup 100 metres here , fully vindicating his Olympic win of the previous year . |
| 14 | At Kingston , though , after England had won the Test , there was plenty of excitement . |
| 15 | England had won the '88 Championship duel by a considerable margin at Twickenham but Aherne , now living in Dublin and throwing in his hand with Leinster , got his chance . |
| 16 | Finest hour : Bobby Moore is held aloft after England had won the World Cup at Wembley in 1966 |
| 17 | By then , it was obvious that the Covenanters had won the day and many of the enemy , including Claverhouse , were in full flight from the field . |
| 18 | The Kadets had won the largest block of deputies to the First Duma , they had enjoyed the spectacle of leading figures in the government sounding them out on the terms on which they would enter the cabinet ; power seemed almost within their grasp . |
| 19 | At Talaq had won the Grand Prix de Paris after finishing fourth in the Derby , and French challenger Mont Basile had won four races during the season . |
| 20 | Robert had won the battle , Basil had to win the peace ( and seems to have done so ) . |
| 21 | The fact that Virgin Atlantic had won the licence to fly the Atlantic in the first place was , he said , a brave move on the part of the Civil Aviation Authority , given the Laker experience , but also a measure of government policy . |
| 22 | On Oct. 29 , however , Kim declared that he would not enter the contest , leading to speculation that he had bowed to pressure from Roh , whose administration had worked closely with Daewoo and who was known to be concerned that Kim 's intervention could split the conservative vote and thereby allow Kim Dae Jung to win the election . |
| 23 | West Indies had won the three-Test series 2–0 , yet so far had never played a one-day international against anyone , so the balance between form and experience seemed a neat one ; and so it proved . |
| 24 | But his performance in the 1982–3 campaign was phenomenal , for not only was he producing winners in quantity and at a very high strike rate , he was also winning big races : before the Gold Cup , Bregawn had won the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury , Silver Buck the Edward Hanmer Memorial Chase at Haydock Park , Captain John the SGB Handicap Chase at Ascot , Wayward Lad the King George VI Chase and Ashley House the Peter Marsh Handicap Chase at Haydock . |
| 25 | The result is a presidency with an image of blandness much different from the glitzy campaign Mr Bush waged to win the White House from Michael Dukakis who , it is worth remarking , is governor of the speedy state of Massachusetts . |
| 26 | Liz started as an assistant cook just a few months after CCG had won the Grampian contract , but later moved into the office and now bring her experience to bear on a range of tasks . |
| 27 | With the season 's score between the pair standing at one-all — Donaldson had won the Scottish Championship before suffering the Telesquash reverse — it promises to be a crunch contest . |
| 28 | If Neil Kinnock had won the same level of support from manual workers and their families as Harold Wilson achieved in the 1960s , he would be in Downing Street today . |
| 29 | Tony Jacklin had won the 1960 Open and the 1970 US Open , and his huge British following was going to make sure that he did what they 'd hoped he 'd do in 1970 at St Andrews , and win the 1971 Open at Birkdale . |
| 30 | Up until that news hit the Committee , Don had won the day with his UK Vehicle Division proposals . |