Example sentences of "[noun sg] win him the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Durrant 's determination won him the ball at the byeline just inside the Marseille penalty area . |
2 | The 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat Hugh William Viscount Gough was launched from Dunbar in the same search for the missing divers as the Eyemouth lifeboat on 6 October 1990 ( see previous page ) , and the efforts of her Coxswain during the service won him the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum . |
3 | His gallantry in the ensuing conflict won him the MC , but he was killed while crossing the Sambre and Oise canal near Ors in the early morning of 4 November — one week before the armistice , and two years before the first volume of his work was published . |
4 | ALEX FERGUSON revealed yesterday how he tried to sign Mick Harford just before the transfer deadline to win him the title last season . |
5 | His goalkeeping won him the man of the match award . |
6 | The Southampton central defenders left it to Flowers — but Goddard 's challenge won him the ball and left him with a simple chance . |