Example sentences of "he won [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yesterday Labour 's rank-and-file kept him there as he won 533,000 votes in the constituency section of the election — which is decided by ballot . |
| 2 | In the first round Havel received 79 votes in the 150-member Chamber of the People ( 11 votes short of the 90 required ) and in the 150-member Chamber of Nations ( where at least 45 votes were required from each of the Czech and Slovak groups in the Chamber , which voted separately ) he won 47 votes in the Czech and 22 in the Slovak part . |
| 3 | In the first round Havel received 79 votes in the 150-member Chamber of the People ( 11 votes short of the 90 required ) and in the 150-member Chamber of Nations ( where at least 45 votes were required from each of the Czech and Slovak groups in the Chamber , which voted separately ) he won 47 votes in the Czech and 22 in the Slovak part . |
| 4 | He won five of the 1988 contests and a total of £42,399 , writes Genevieve Murphy . |
| 5 | And so it is with Wattana , who , in a psychological move during a recent Matchroom League clash , showed he is hardly in awe of Hendry when he won five successive frames before scattering the balls to ‘ allow ’ the Scot the first of three consolation frames . |
| 6 | He had that wonderful stretch when he was always in the frame and he won five times in Europe , including the British Open . |
| 7 | Last season he won five of his eight starts in novice hurdles and is a very nice horse with a liking for soft ground . |
| 8 | One of them , Stuart Surridge , did not live to see the production , which is dedicated to him ; but he gave it a memorable quote when he reflected on his Surrey players of the 1950s , with whom he won five consecutive County Championships : they were a great side , he recalled : ‘ All they wanted was a kick up the arse ! ’ |
| 9 | Early-season mechanical problems with his car in 1972 were too big a handicap , despite his late-season burst , for him to win his third title but another title came in 1973 when he won five races and surpassed the all-time records of Juan Manuel Fangio ( Arg ) and Jim Clark ( GB ) . |
| 10 | But it all cam good for Prost in 1985 when he won five championship races to win the title comfortably from Michele Alboreto ( Ita ) . |
| 11 | Griffin left the Turkish arena with his other eye beginning to swell after another fine performance which he won 9–7 but now faces his toughest test , a date with the championship doctor . |
| 12 | In 1964 he was voted European Footballer of the Year and in a long career with Scotland he won 55 caps and earned the interchangeable nicknames ‘ Denis The Menace ’ or simply ‘ The King ’ . |
| 13 | Hodgson won the first two games but the retrieving ability and fitness of Wood proved decisive as he won 4–9 , 2–9 , 9–5 , 9–6 , 9–5 . |
| 14 | He won four gold medals , adding the 200 |
| 15 | We speak here of a man who has just completed a season in which he won four USPGA Tour events and more than $1,000,000 to finish second on the money list behind Greg Norman . |
| 16 | Of course , the same was said of Bob Tway when he won four in 1986 ( including one that Norman should have won ) and that notion disappeared faster than Lord Lucan . |
| 17 | He did have talent and the next year he won 13 out of 14 races and became OMK-Pokal champion . |
| 18 | Altogether he won fifteen caps for England , and , in the 1938 series against Australia , he took the most wickets , 17 at a cost of 34.17 each . |
| 19 | QUINCY JONES ' record sales were boosted after he won eight Grammy Awards last month , with his record label receiving over 50,000 orders for ‘ Back On The Block ’ only 24 hours after the awards show in New York . |
| 20 | Between 1970 and 1975 he won 14 Grands Prix . |
| 21 | In the union section , Mr Davies 's supporters claim he won 18 per cent , Mr Field 10 per cent and Ms Kathy Wilson , a Militant supporter , 7 per cent . |
| 22 | He won 16 consecutive international caps , the most famous occasion being the All Blacks match of 1936 , remembered for two thrilling tries by Alex Obolensky , the Russian prince . |
| 23 | With Australian team-mate Danny Clark , he won 16 six-day races from the mid-80s until one night three years ago in Munich when a rookie Russian cannoned into him . |
| 24 | He won six amateur titles from 1926 to 1934 and became the first Canadian to win the United States amateur crown , in 1932 . |
| 25 | In addition he won six Isle of Man TT titles , including the Senior TT four times . |
| 26 | He won 52 caps for Scotland but there is no doubt that a mixture of club commitments and the carry-on in Copenhagen prevented him from winning many more caps . |
| 27 | In the Virginia caucus held on April 11-13 , he won 52 per cent of the delegates , while 36 per cent were uncommitted and 12 per cent went to Brown . |
| 28 | Handled by his owner Mrs Slade , he won nine CCs and one Reserve CC . |
| 29 | He won nine successive England caps and is regarded as one of the best man to man markers in the game by Taylor , who was with Keown when he was at Aston Villa . |
| 30 | Last month , at the age of 38 , he won two more before bowing out to Michael Chang in the fifth set of their third round match . |