Example sentences of "win [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had won my first major title . |
| 2 | The insult was particularly deep because the year before , Cagliari had won its first and only Italian championship . |
| 3 | Fujitsu Ltd has won its first supercomputer order in the US since it entered the market under its own name in March last year rather than through Amdahl Corp : it will lease a VPX220 model to the Geco-Prakla Inc oil exploration unit of Schlumberger Ltd , which will use it for seismic mapping of underground oil deposits ; the value was not given . |
| 4 | After operating in the Czech and Slovak republics for the past 18 months , Leeds accounting software supplier Coda Ltd has not only won its first contract in Hungary , but also decided to open an office in Budapest , which began trading on April 1 . |
| 5 | MIDDLESBROUGH offshore business Northern Ocean Services has won its first major contract in seven years of operating from the former Smiths Docks site . |
| 6 | CCG has won its first major contract with BT Marine Ltd to provide catering and housekeeping services on board the 4,750 ton support ship the MV Discovery . |
| 7 | CCG HAS won its first offshore contract with BP Exploration , a multi-million pound contract to provide quality hotel standard service for personnel involved in the hook-up of two platforms in the North Sea 's Bruce Field . |
| 8 | Pegasus did n't win their first short corner of the game until the 28th minute , and that was down to Nadine Long , who at times was the only forward prepared to take on the Portadown defence . |
| 9 | And without Maurice , Shirley , two months ago , probably would n't have won her first honour . |
| 10 | She felt like a government health warning , but the sheer pleasure of having won her first big race made up for it all . |
| 11 | Yet , if Souness had been as rational during the game , Spurs might not have won their first League match in six weeks . |
| 12 | The High Elves had won their first major victory . |
| 13 | At 5.45 pm Gower pulled Mushtaq for two and England had won their first Test against Pakistan for 10 years , and levelled the series , with one to play . |
| 14 | Anderlecht , beaten 3–2 by Sampdoria , in the semi-finals of the European Cup last season , have won their first five games in Belgium this season . |
| 15 | and three cheers for Gloucestershire … they 've won their first championship game of the season |
| 16 | and three cheers for Gloucestershire … they 've won their first championship game of the season |
| 17 | No less than 27 have won their first cap under the England manager but only six of the 13 players he used in Norway were his ‘ new boys ’ Carlton Palmer , Les Ferdinand , Lee Sharpe , David Batty , substitute Ian Wright and new captain Paul Ince . |
| 18 | He had steadily improved his performance in the shadow of Jochen Rindt and , with Rindt 's death at Monza in 1970 , he had inherited the mantle of Number One driver and , by 1972 , had won his first championship at Lotus . |
| 19 | He has won his first five fights inside the distance and is scheduled to fight again in Phoenix before flying home to Belfast . |
| 20 | The latest Williams-trained discovery , New Level , looks outstanding in the first heat of the Regal Puppy Trophy , having won his first three races and never being headed to the first bend . |
| 21 | THE golfer Sandy Lyle has won his first contract to design an 18-hole championship course , about 25 miles from Berlin . |
| 22 | Given the standard-setting qualities of the team 's FW15 car , which will make its racing debut at Kyalami in 12 weeks , there is every chance Hill may not only win his first race with the Didcot team but also go on to challenge for his first title . |
| 23 | Now Liz did n't win our first , second or third prize er last year , but she , she made it to the final twelve , er her , her full-length novel now , has now been accepted by Collins and that 's going to be published next February , there 's talk of a big American contract for Liz and Liz has now been floated away in to the world of big time professional writing . |
| 24 | Democracy cairn wins its first committee approval |
| 25 | ‘ I want to win my first GP and better myself further . |
| 26 | ‘ I got to Holland and Belgium last August with the Ireland training panel but failed to win my first cap , but helping Ulster to another Leinster Regiment Cup may be just the springboard this time . ’ |
| 27 | Capitol Plastics of Bowling Green , Ohio , reckons that it took it three years , $200,000 of investment and meetings wit several hundred people to win its first order ( worth a little over $200 ) from Honda 's plant in Marysville , Ohio . |
| 28 | She may have been totally unprepared but she still managed to win her first round match quite comfortably . |
| 29 | It was a gallant bid by Pegg to win her first title , and she showed tremendous determination for she had to use crutches after damaging a kneecap last week . |
| 30 | Newly crowned league champions Dublin are 3/1 to win their first senior All Ireland in 10 years , with Cork 9/2 , Kerry 9/2 , Donegal 7/1 , Meath 9/1 , Derry 10/1 , Down 10/1 , Kildare 10/1 and Mayo 12/1 . |