Example sentences of "[adv] won a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Hendry , who has not won a ranking event this season but could well be timing his peak to perfection with the world championship less than six weeks away , followed up with a break of 105 to lead 3-0 . |
2 | The FOP regularly puts up constituency candidates , but it has not won a constituency seat since 1957 . |
3 | QPR v Liverpool Draws at Nottingham Forest and Wimbledon offered QPR a modicum of encouragement but they have still not won a League match for seven weeks , which is hardly the sort of record to have when Liverpool are the visitors , even though Kenny Dalglish 's team have lost three of their last four games . |
4 | But then City , who have not won a League match at Old Trafford since condemning United to relegation in 1973 , reverted to the sort of form that has left them without an away win since November . |
5 | Top scorer Bartlett ( ankle ) returns for Notts County ( 21st ) , who have not won a League game this year . |
6 | City had not won a League game at Portman Road for 30 years , and had not scored in their last seven visits , but the jinx looked to have come to an end when Gary Flitcroft 's first senior goal for the club gave them a 37th minute lead . |
7 | Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin . |
8 | It 's just won a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show . |
9 | However , he is now back in top form and has just won a gold medal at the International Open championships in Paris . |
10 | And they 've just won a tourist award for providing some of the best accomodation in the area . |
11 | She has already won a painting competition run by the town 's operatic society , produces immaculate handwriting , embroiders intricate designs for cushions , and fills a midfield role in the school hockey team |
12 | It is the first time a British team has ever won a dressage medal and only the second in any major international championship . |
13 | Mr Postle , winner of the Engleheart Cup for a set of 12 varieties of his own raising , is leading daffodil exhibitor and also won a gold medal for his trade group . |
14 | He caught a youth breaking into a car and also won a Post Office award for fighting off two men trying to break into his van . |
15 | It begins with John Helm of Yorkshire TV introducing the speakers : Helm : Right , gentlemen , we have n't won a championship title since 1967 , but both of you know the rules — three falls or one submission and any knockdown and the one still standing retires to a neutral corner . |
16 | His trainer , Martin Pipe , has saddled more winners than any other trainer , but he has n't won a Gold Cup either . |
17 | Davis , who has n't won a world ranking event for 13 months , now faces Devon 's Andy Hicks for a place in tomorrow 's final . |
18 | Since then Allison Gregg and Alan Neale have changed solicitors twice , and even won a court order against the developer , awarding them £51,000 , money they did n't get because the developer had gone bust . |
19 | He had even won a writing prize while in prison for a story on Joplin 's last days . |
20 | Christopher also does judo at the Stockton Judo Club and recently won a gold medal at the Judo Mini Mons at Willington Spectrum Centre . |
21 | We have done more than any other union to help prepare the T U C's complaint to the European Commission that the abolition of the Wages Council is a breach of the U K's obligations under European law , and London region has recently won a test case on the application of the acquired rights directive to the opting out of schools , and potentially of sixth form colleges and hospitals . |
22 | The potty pet , who has appeared on BBC 1 's That 's Life and recently won a magazine competition to find the country 's best dog with children , has a dazzling repertoire of tricks . |
23 | In contrast to this condoned and systematic brutality , rugby 's ‘ image problem ’ , in Mr Lieberman 's analysis , stems from its association with ‘ beer parties ’ , which are frowned upon by the editor of Sports Illustrated , who is dismissive of rugby in a way which I find offensive ( I wonder if he 's aware , for instance , that the US Womens ' team recently won a world title ? ) , and attempting to placate people like him would be buying into a value system which is completely alien to the game . |
24 | Former Test fast bowlers Sir Richard Hadlee and Michael Holding have been made honorary life members of MCC , as have the club 's former secretary Jack Bailey , Laurance Hancock ( secretary of Staffordshire for 53 years until 1987 ) and Glamorgan stalwart Don Shepherd , who took 2174 wickets for the Welsh county but never won a Test cap . |
25 | Although karate developed in Japan , that country has never won a team world championship , whereas Great Britain has won it on no less than four occasions — a record unmatched in the history of karate . |