Example sentences of "they [vb past] won [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was caught at Dunkirk when they thought they 'd won the bloody war . |
| 2 | Firewomen Emerton , Simpson , Smart and Turner — telephonists from Farnham Fire Station — returned from a ten week course near Reading where they had won a cup after competitions with several other fire service teams . |
| 3 | The chorus of televisions was tuned to an American game show in which competing families were leaping up and down and screaming with apparent incontinence because they had won a trip to Disneyworld . |
| 4 | [ Name ] and the young con were triumphant ; they had won the case . |
| 5 | They had won the war , but they lost the peace . |
| 6 | In 1990 , they found themselves in the bizarre situation of being unseeded at Wimbledon , where they had won the title five times . |
| 7 | The tragedy of the industry was that they had won the battle only by turning their back on the price mechanism : a procedure for resource allocation which , arguably , is the best medium for the decentralisation of decision making to firms in the modern economy . |
| 8 | They had won the toss , but even with wind advantage were unable to impose their authority such was the tenacity , commitment and determination of the Ireland pack . |
| 9 | And everyone in the press was saying how they had won the fucking thing already . |
| 10 | ITV were dealt another body blow yesterday when rivals BBC announced that they had won the battle to screen Liverpool 's European Cup Winners ' Cup campaign next season . |
| 11 | All in all it was an excellent performance by North Down in the field , limiting the North West side to after they had won an important toss . |