Example sentences of "[pers pn] has won the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This is the first time she has won the championship , taking second and third places in previous competitions . |
2 | She has won the Truth ; she is in Paradise . |
3 | Since then he has won the Masters , inspired his country to their first Davis Cup victory and added the US Open to a third Wimbledon title . |
4 | He has won the equivalent of an Oscar — the ads were voted Britain 's favourite commercial last year in a Marketing magazine survey . |
5 | He lolled back in his chair to light a cigar , displaying the carefree indifference of a man who knows he has won the day . |
6 | There is a real possibility that the newcomer is not only exhausted but possibly wounded by the time he has won the harem . |
7 | He has won the Tories a fourth consecutive term — unprecedented , won at the height of a recession — unprecedented too , and delivered the coup de grace to socialism . |
8 | I know this will be unpopular especially as he has won the League but I just feel he does n't handle ALL his players well . |
9 | Small shareholders ' champion Gideon Fiegel — the man who led the revolt against Sugar — has won a battle , but it is too soon to say whether or not he has won the war . |
10 | Since then , he has won the world singles three times outdoors and three times indoors , four Commonwealth gold medals , a Commonwealth fours gold , a world indoor triples gold , six world indoor pairs golds and 26 national titles , the singles six times on grass and nine times on carpet . |
11 | At last he has won the World Formula One title — and we 're offering you this marvellous memento of his triumph . |
12 | His entry in Who 's Who shows that he has won The Palladium ( sic ) Medal of The Electrochemical Society and has been professor and head of the chemistry department at Southampton University since 1983 . |
13 | With IBM UK Ltd now outsourcing that sort of ancillary operation , it is a little surprising that the company bid for the contract to run the UK government 's Citizen 's Charter national help-line , a phone service intended to provide advice on how to go about complaining about the performance of 1,400 government services — but it did bid , and it has won the contract . |
14 | It has won the Silver Nymph Award at the International Television Festival in Monte Carlo and the Royal Television Society 's Award for ‘ Best Drama Serial ’ of 1989 . |