Example sentences of "won a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Titles include Lars von Trier 's EUROPA , shown in competition at Cannes : RECOLLECTIONS OF THE YELLOW HOUSE , which won a Silver Leopard at Venice and Claude Berri 's film starring Gerard Depardieu , URANUS , screened in competition at Berlin . |
| 2 | In 1964 , he won a silver medal in the 400 metres relay at the Tokyo Olympics . |
| 3 | Last year she won 7 national junior titles , and she won a $10,000 event at Bracknell in May . |
| 4 | My favourite piece at the exhibition was E.G. Neale 's ‘ Happy Eater ’ , which won a second prize in the three veneer category . |
| 5 | Not since 1985 , when he won a Tour de France time trial , had Vanderaerden shown such form against the clock . |
| 6 | ROSA MOTA , Portugal 's Olympic women 's marathon champion , won a 10-kilometre race in a suburban Tokyo park , in 32min 31sec . |
| 7 | Despite this , liberals won a virtual landslide at elections last October . |
| 8 | THE LABOUR leadership won a narrow victory over hard-line opponents of civil nuclear power yesterday when the conference rejected attempts to impose a strict deadline for phasing it out . |
| 9 | Timman won a pawn , then Speelman gave up a second one to create counterplay . |
| 10 | I feel very strongly that a man like Cram , who has served his country very well in the past and won a host of medals , deserves more loyalty . |
| 11 | NEIL KINNOCK won a decisive victory yesterday when his party rejected demands to embrace proportional representation by a three-to-one majority . |
| 12 | Steve Gazzard , who appeared in his ambulanceman 's uniform , won a standing ovation after he told delegates : ‘ Mrs Thatcher and her ministers are extremely quick to exploit photo-opportunities when disasters occur . |
| 13 | THE LABOUR leadership suffered an embarrassing rebuff when lesbian and gay rights activists won a conference endorsement of their demand for cutting the age of homosexual consent from 21 to 16 . |
| 14 | Mr Beavers , 37 , a married man with two children , won a bravery award for the rescue but is suffering from viral fatigue syndrome which strikes at the nervous system and brain . |
| 15 | The Singaporean yesterday needed 11 attempts before he won a rally , and lost 15 points before he won one . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Charles McCall began life as a clerk to a firm of lawyers in Edinburgh , but in 1933 he won a scholarship to Edinburgh College of Art , where he studied under DM Sutherland and SJ Peploe . |
| 18 | Oliver Gillie , deputy editor of The Independent Magazine and formerly medical editor of the newspaper , won a special award for the paper 's health page , in yesterday 's first presentation of the Caroline Walker awards , created in memory of the campaigning nutritionist who died last year . |
| 19 | The other two Tribunites are Clare Short — who won a strong vote last year — and Harriet Harman , health spokesperson , who is standing for the Shadow Cabinet for the first time . |
| 20 | NIGEL LAWSON yesterday won a respite from political and City pressure on his anti-inflation policy with a firm pledge to defend the pound against devaluation . |
| 21 | The winner gets a bottle of Metusalem Oloroso sherry , reputed to be one of Winston Churchill 's favourite tipples , which recently won a trophy in Wine magazine 's annual international wine challenge . |
| 22 | Our very own Oliver Gillie won a special award in the media category for the paper 's health page , which he edited before moving on to become deputy editor of The Independent Magazine , and the overall winner was James Erlichman , The Guardian 's consumer affairs correspondent . |
| 23 | The Prime Minister won a strong ovation when she added : ‘ The trouble with Labour is that they 're just not at home with freedom . |
| 24 | A British parachute batallion won a notable engagement at Goose Green , despite losing their commander , Colonel H. Jones ( who gained a posthumous V.C. ) , with the capture of 1,200 Argentine troops . |
| 25 | The Conservatives , with 42.3 per cent of the vote , won 376 seats ; Labour , with 30.8 per cent , won 229 , only a small improvement on the débâcle of 1983 ; and the Alliance won a mere 22 seats , with 22.6 per cent of the vote . |
| 26 | Once again Mrs Thatcher won a huge majority with the support of well under half of the British people . |
| 27 | While he served a flourishing chapel at Dewsbury in Yorkshire , his son , Michael Ramsey 's father , won a scholarship in mathematics to Magdalene College , Cambridge , the first generation of the family to go to a university . |
| 28 | In the same year he won a scholarship at Repton not far from Derby . |
| 29 | At the school debating society he won a name ; and he quickly discovered a truth never discovered by some undergraduates nor even by some mature debaters , that you can not speak well unless you care . |
| 30 | He was nothing but glad that Britain won a war . |