Example sentences of "win a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The might of Gloucester beaten by bottom of the table , West Hartlepool , who 'd never won a first division game before . |
| 2 | The pair are not first-timers to the MPA competition , having won a first prize in the portrait section last year . |
| 3 | TOP Smokebuster Karen MacGregor has won a first class trip on an Intercity 225 for helping her mother quit smoking . |
| 4 | But since then he 's won a Second Division promotion medal and is near the top of the Premier League . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , virtue alone is not enough ; possibly Carter would have been more successful and might have won a second term if he had been less intense , more flexible , less immersed in the detail of government and a little more willing to dissemble occasionally . |
| 6 | Roe admits that in his quieter moments he sometimes wondered if he would ever win a second tournament and those doubts were intensified earlier this season when he saw both the Jersey Open and the Murphy 's English Open wrested from his grasp . |
| 7 | TRAGIC Hillsborough coma victim Tony Bland may win a last right for brain-dead patients in Britain — the right to die . |
| 8 | One of her earliest pupils , in whom she had a great deal of confidence , was Brighton 's Julie Pullin who poignantly won her first women 's international title on the African satellite , 48 hours before Winnie died , and who went on to win a second title two weeks later . |
| 9 | But more important than that it was also a triumph which brought to an end his struggle to win a second Tour title . |
| 10 | President Félix Houphouët-Boigny , 85 , formally the candidate of the ruling Parti démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire ( PDCI ) , survived a challenge by Laurent Gbagbo , 45 , leader of the opposition Front populaire ivoirien ( FPI ) , to win a seventh term of office on Oct. 28 . |
| 11 | The brother and sister , from Waverton , Chester , hope to win a first prize in the contest of free membership to the RSPCA 's Animal Action Club . |
| 12 | On some issues , however , the Court 's liberal minority was still able to prevail as a result of managing to win a fifth vote , usually from either Justice Byron R. White or Justice Sandra Day O'Connor . |
| 13 | Now he is attempting to win a third title in the middleweight division but first he must win his European title fight against the tough Dutchman John Neslo today . |
| 14 | Now he is attempting to win a third title in the middleweight division but first he must win his European title fight against the tough Dutchman John Neslo today . |
| 15 | You may remember that , when Olympic diver Greg Louganis struck his head on the diving board , in a surprisingly short time he returned to the board to win a third Gold Medal . |
| 16 | But they did n't reckon with her burning ambition to win a third time . |
| 17 | If he does make another comeback though , it would not be surprising if he wins a fourth title because , if he can get back behind a wheel six weeks after being so close to death , there is no knowing what the courageous Austrian can do . |
| 18 | The result is that ‘ the used parts win a second life ’ ( quoted in ibid : 213–14 ) . |
| 19 | Allegations have been made by players from Valenciennes that they were offered bribes to let European and national champions Marseille win a first division match on May 20 . |
| 20 | ‘ When I win a first set like that , I panic . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Winning a first Ulster senior cap next weekend will be a nice stepping stone , although the Inter Continental Cup seems a long way off , ’ says Lutton . |
| 22 | You 'd need a few more clues to establish her Oxford connections … but in fact she was a student here at Somerville College , winning a first class degree … and she was born in the city , here at Brewer Street . |
| 23 | Only two out of 15 well-known media pundits , whose outspoken role in the campaign Bush has ridiculed , have staked their reputation on the President winning a second term . |
| 24 | After winning a third trainer 's title in the 1983–84 season he left Yorkshire and took over as private trainer to Robert Sangster at Manton . |
| 25 | ‘ Of all the low points I suffered , one of the worst was when I was deprived of the chance of winning a third world cross country title because I was n't allowed to compete in 1988 , ’ explained the 26-year-old . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm rather surprised at our position but we are hitting form now and I fancy having a crack at winning a fourth title . ’ |
| 27 | And that , crucially , depends on the Government winning a fourth term of office . |
| 28 | In the most recent presidential elections , in October 1990 , Houphouët-Boigny , who had previously been elected unopposed for six terms , was unsuccessfully challenged by an opposition party candidate and won a seventh term [ see p. 37767 ] . |
| 29 | And I won a first prize so I said , . |
| 30 | After lengthy manoeuvring Short won a second pawn and seemed certain to win . |