Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun] [noun sg] win [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Senior students from the Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College won the North-East round of a competition organised by the UK Federation of Business and Professional Women . |
| 2 | Wavell Wakefield not only organised , selected and captained the first RAF side to win the Inter Service tournament but also led England during the golden era of the 1920s . |
| 3 | Malcolm Crosby of Sunderland almost became the first caretaker manager to win the FA Cup until Liverpool doused them with reality . |
| 4 | J.W.H.T. Douglas , became the first Test cricketer to win an Olympic title when he took the middleweight crown , beating the Australian R.L. ‘ Snowy ’ Baker , in 1908 , three years before captaining England on their tour of Australia . |
| 5 | She was the first woman jeweller to win a Council of Industry Design award in 1972 . |
| 6 | In a last ditch attempt to win the war the Witch King launches a desperate winter offensive across the Shadowlands . |
| 7 | Eldorado — reported to be for the chop when John Birt takes over as BBC director general in March — is changing tactics in a last ditch bid to win a reprieve . |