Example sentences of "[pron] won [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two weeks later I won my first national title at the Indoor Championships , taking the 200 metres . |
| 2 | By now , rather than dreaming of becoming Regius Professor of History , I was planning my speech to the cameras when I won my first Open Championship . |
| 3 | Last December her suspension was briefly lifted when she won her first judicial review of her case in the High Court . |
| 4 | Griffin 's next bout is tonight against the German champion Siegmund Franke , who won his first round contest 13–0 and Belfast 's World bronze medallist Damien Kelly will have his first fight of the championships . |
| 5 | Though the script is not precisely what Barnes , who won his first full cap eight years ago , had in mind for the closing half of a remarkable career , he welcomes the opportunity to set several records straight . |
| 6 | There was similar ‘ first time ’ success for Scotland 's Barry McColl , who won his first national title with a win in the final over Justin Layne 6–1 , 6–1 . |
| 7 | He won his first round match in the United States Open , putting Flushing Meadow into a party mood as he whipped Brazilian Jaime Oncins 6-1 , 6-2 , 6-3 . |
| 8 | He won his first Scottish cap in 1965 against Spain by which time he was known as ‘ the prince of nigglers ’ , and one of the most unruly players in the professional game . |
| 9 | In 1944 he won his first starring role on screen in A Canterbury Tale , directed by Michael Powell . |
| 10 | Cheltenham 's Tony Allcock has taken to grass like a duck to water this week … he won his first national title on the green stuff in the Ulster Games singles . |