Example sentences of "[noun prp] won the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 24 June Edward won the first notable victory of the war in the naval battle fought off Sluys ( Fr L'Ecluse ) at the mouth of the river Zwyn , at which a larger French fleet was decimated by superior English tactics and the better use of prevailing conditions . |
| 2 | Mike Hawthorn had become Britain 's first World Champion in 1958 but the great British monopoly of the World Championship started in 1962 when Graham Hill won the first of his two titles , but then perhaps the greatest driver of the modern era , Jim Clark , won the first of his two titles in 1963 . |
| 3 | Thus Mary of Guise and cardinal Beaton fought for the support of lord Gray and lord Ruthven ; Beaton won the first , though in 1548 he came over to Mary ; two years after the cardinal 's death , Mary won the second . |
| 4 | It 's 100 years on Sunday since Gentleman Jim Corbett won the first world heavyweight title under Queensberry rules . |
| 5 | Woosie aside , most of us might score closer to the 100 with which Bernard Darwin won the first official Club meeting in 1893 . |
| 6 | JS won the first heat comfortably , under the captaincy of Nick Keyte , manager of Gravesend . |
| 7 | Rab won the first game ; nip and tuck , not much in it ; to lose the next . |
| 8 | Ian McCulloch won the first round with Colin Sproull and Eddie in second and third place . |
| 9 | Batty was having a serious confrontation with Alan Byrne in midfield Byrne won the first half . |
| 10 | Sixty-one year old ‘ Smokin' Herb ’ Kelleher won the first round ( by substituting a Texas arm-wrestling champion who had legally changed his name to Herb Kelleher for the day ) , but 37-year old Herwald took the final decision , then announced that Southwest could continue using the slogan ‘ just to show there 's no hard feelings or to be accused of taking advantage of senior citizens ’ . |
| 11 | New Zealand 's victory — their first home Test win for three years — levelled the series at 1-1 after Australia won the first Test by an innings and 60 runs in Christchurch and then drew the second in Wellington . |
| 12 | It was fitting that the century should be reached at Ganton , where McEvoy won the first of his two Amateur Championships . |
| 13 | Oxford won the first University challenge back in September . |
| 14 | MELROSE won the first major sevens of the season , beating Hawick 24–6 in the final of Glasgow High/Kelvinside 's Ryden tournament . |
| 15 | Hodgson won the first two games but the retrieving ability and fitness of Wood proved decisive as he won 4–9 , 2–9 , 9–5 , 9–6 , 9–5 . |
| 16 | Nasa won the first round of the legal battle on Tuesday , when a federal judge refused to order the launch be postponed . |
| 17 | Declan Hughes won the first frame against Shaun Mellish . |
| 18 | It was a special week for all of us , ’ said Patrick , who was only 11 when brother John won the first of seven successive Masters doubles titles in 1978 with Peter Fleming . |
| 19 | Dinamo won the first leg of the preliminary round tie 2–1 . |
| 20 | Biasion won the first three of the morning 's special stages but then lost valuable seconds when he spun and lies fourth overall , two minutes behind Fiorio . |