Example sentences of "who win a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Donald Stewart owns three guns ’ — Menzies spoke in a pressing whisper — ‘ there were spears there , and pikes — ‘ Who wins a battle — professionals or enthusiasts ? ’
2 Any player who wins a US Tour event should feel himself equally capable of winning the Masters , but first he has to lay the ghost of history , which pervades every hole on the course .
3 Second was from Packaging who wins a £10 voucher .
4 Shoreditch eventually found it in a dictionary of American slang : ‘ A horse who wins a race by prearrangement ; a person , team , candidate , etc , who will or did win easily . ’
5 The person who spotted the most hazards was Guinness pensioner , who wins a £25 Guinness voucher .
6 The comedy drama , called Henri , is about the adventures of a brilliant young accordion player from a small rural town who wins a place at a Belfast music school .
7 The winner of the Black Swan 10th Anniversary Quiz is Sue Kimber of Books Etc , Victoria , who wins a stay in Stratford-upon-Avon for two , plus tickets to a Shakespeare play and a meal afterwards .
8 Hysen , who won a Championship medal at Anfield , said last night : ‘ Anders is such a good footballer , I can not believe he 's not playing , particularly in a side that 's struggling .
9 ‘ Working for Dave Bassett has been the most important part of my football education , ’ insisted Marwood , who won a Championship medal with Arsenal just three-and-a-half years ago .
10 The honour of naming the train fell to seven-year-old Laura Scaife from Barnsley who won a competition in Storm Force News , the regular newspaper for members of the club , and guests at the ceremony included the mayor of Poole Councillor Mrs Anne Stribley , the deputy director of the RNLI Ray Kipling and InterCity Manager Cross Country Brian Johnson .
11 BRITISH Gas executive Hilary Williams who won a sex discrimination case against her bosses has quit to run the Guides .
12 Nick Robinson , a centre-forward who won a rugby Blue in the centre in 1990 , is a Cambridge substitute today .
13 And it is not inconceivable that Lloyd Davies , Adrian 's brother , who won a rugby Blue in December , could follow a family precedent , this time at right-back .
14 Kate , 19 , of Andover , Hants , who won a bronze medal , said : ‘ You bring honour to your country and they stop your money . ’
15 Included in the Mersey squad is Carl Wall ( Gemini ) who won a bronze medal in the recent European under-16 championships in Italy .
16 The British party of seven , who start shooting today , also includes the Seoul silver medal winner , Alister Allan , and David Chapman , who won a gold for running target at the last Commonwealth Games .
17 There were medals too for two debutantes , Stuart Linden ( Cedars Special School , Gateshead ) who won a silver , and Darren Taylor ( Cedars ) who won a gold and a bronze .
18 The result of all this politics — and Ramsey 's sense that he might be reading the wrong subject , because his interests were now more modern than ancient — meant that his classics did not go as might be expected of someone who won a scholarship .
19 A DETECTIVE inspector 's daughter was jailed for six months yesterday for stealing £3,000 from athlete Kriss Akabusi , who won a World Championship gold medal .
20 They trailed 6–0 to two penalties by Gary Ellis as they came under early pressure from Horden , who won a lot of good ball but kept it among the forwards .
21 It looked as though he would be renewing his rivalry with Paul Cuskin , who won a sprint finish in 1988 , but the new Sunderland Harrier is having treatment for a calf muscle injury and can not race .
22 Their chairman , Barry Chauveau , said his club would follow the example of Burton Albion , who won a replay after a similar incident against Leicester in 1985 .
23 In the process he decided to verify the predictions of the British physiologist Archibald Vivian Hill ( who won a Nobel prize in 1922 , and died only five years ago ) .
24 erm The Jewish novelist in America of course has become much more influential since the Second World War , particularly Saul Bellow , who won a Nobel Prize , erm Philip Roth , erm Bernard Malamud .
25 And they do n't come much nicer than Jason , who won a £200,000 libel action against The Face magazine earlier this year then promptly gave the money back .
26 There were medals too for two debutantes , Stuart Linden ( Cedars Special School , Gateshead ) who won a silver , and Darren Taylor ( Cedars ) who won a gold and a bronze .
27 Also addressing the Dolphin Centre rally was Darlington-born Tom Sawyer , deputy secretary of NUPE , who won a roar from the crowd when he announced new opinion poll findings giving Labour a six point lead .
28 Calcutt , the son of a Home Counties chemist who won a Cambridge scholarship after a minor public school scholarship and then held down a successful practice at the Bar , has a common Great and Good pedigree .
29 TAFF Gregory , the Army cook who won a Gulf War BEM ( Eating Out August 14 ) , has quickly marched on from the Hartforth Hall Hotel at Gilling West , near Richmond .
30 The trainer explained : ‘ Three of them , Jeff Newton , Mick Dews and Barry Dixon , had a horse with me called The White Lion , who won a seller and I told them to let it go .
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