Example sentences of "and [adv] won the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He set off for Ayr yesterday with five more under his belt and promptly won the first three races , two in photos . |
| 2 | Centre half David Barnett deservedly and appropriately won the man-of-the-match award . |
| 3 | The All Blacks lost the first game against the World XV and then won the second easily — a non-contest , rather , as Olivier Roumat was sent off and the World XV backs had a no-tackling policy . |
| 4 | In only their second event together they reached the final of the Tournament of Champions in New York , and then won the Italian Open . |
| 5 | The pragmatic faction , favouring closer links with both the West and with Eastern Europe and China , gained the upper hand as the leading personality within that wing , Hojatolislam Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , the then Majlis Speaker , was nominated for and subsequently won the presidential elections in July 1989 [ see pp. 36832-33 ] . |