Example sentences of "win [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did the Bills fail to get the win which would have won them the AFC East division and secured home advantage throughout the play-offs , but finished the game with quarterback Jim Kelly nursing a knee ligament injury . |
| 2 | It was the Edinburgh man 's only success from four attempts , and with Nick White failing with four attempts earlier in the game , the Scots squandered opportunities that should have won them the game comfortably . |
| 3 | Had England held a few more catches , that could have won them the match ; as it was , an all-out total of 307 meant victory for West Indies by 134 runs . |
| 4 | ‘ Having 12 or 13 good players does n't win you the championship . |
| 5 | Activity in these roles absorbs most of his time and energy : it will win him the popularity essential to his reelection . |
| 6 | They had no idea that his old world manners and charm would win him the love of the most eligible divorcee in the land , the Princess Royal , Princess Anne . |
| 7 | And it 's that devotion that 's just won him the title of Britains most romantic top tycoon . |
| 8 | A BOY 'S ambition to run a cafe with a smile has won him the title of Smarties ' Young Achiever of the Year . |
| 9 | And his own man in the Washington Field Office , the CI-3 team , and putting in the longest hours and never a word of complaint , and that had won him the job in the Attaché 's office in Rome . |
| 10 | It was dedication of that order which had won her the reputation of one of the finest young actresses around . |
| 11 | Other performances the schools selectors will have noted include the 300m hurdles sub-46 seconds runs of Joanna Mahony ( Wirral ) which have won her the Meseyside under-17 title and a silver at the Northern . |
| 12 | Birmingham 's lively musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 ’ in the Arts Council 's Arts 2000 scheme linking a different city or region with a particular art form each year to the year 2000 . |
| 13 | Birmingham 's lively and varied musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 . ’ |
| 14 | HAVING finished second to France , and thereby won what the footballers used to call the Home International championship , Scotland can hardly be grudged the eight players they have in the British Isles task force for the invasion of New Zealand this summer under captain Gavin Hastings . |
| 15 | Please for god 's sake stop playing Fairclough at the back — the defence is a shambles when he 's there — quite honestly I 'm getting pretty pissed off with Wilko — i know we 've had a long unbeaten run and we 're still second and he 's won us the championship etc etc and this is defenitely over reaction to last night but get rid of the fucking bastard and find us someone who 'll pick teams that can beat the Norwich 's and Man Utd7s of the league or we 'll be perenial mid table finishers . |
| 16 | Their three tries , all unconverted , looked to have been enough to win them the game . |
| 17 | Are these the same fans who at the start of the season boasted a five-man strike force which was going to win them the League ? |
| 18 | Papers which fought to win him the election have , like so many of his back-benchers and supporters , turned against him . |
| 19 | ALEX FERGUSON revealed yesterday how he tried to sign Mick Harford just before the transfer deadline to win him the title last season . |
| 20 | ALEX FERGUSON revealed yesterday how he tried to sign Mick Harford to win him the title last season . |
| 21 | Hands off : the splendid form of Dewi Morris ( left ) is likely to win him the nod as the second scrum-half in the British Lions ' squad , pushing Robert Jones out of the picture |
| 22 | Their standards of excellence won them the award for best staff restaurant , and they finished in joint second place overall out of all the shops , cafes , hotels , restaurants and canteens in the district . |
| 23 | The Pakistanis ' brilliant attacking style , specially in the field , won them the admiration of cricket-lovers despite the controversies of the tour . |
| 24 | The Australians showed just one glimpse of the sort of electrifying back play that won them the World Cup so brilliantly just a year ago . |
| 25 | You 'll have to go a very long way to find a series of more disparaging , gloom laden , negative reports , and this , in a season when Linfield 's performances actually won them the league ! |
| 26 | Last January , it won them the Reader 's Digest /Prince 's Youth Business Trust Award '90 — worth £6,000 . |
| 27 | One man saved them ; one man won them the game . |
| 28 | Wimbledon 's success won them the Barclays Performance of the Week award . |
| 29 | Mr Howe said : ‘ It was the only chance Arsenal had and it won them the match . ’ |
| 30 | And it brought them a great try that , in the final analysis , won them the match . |