Example sentences of "win [num] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford have now won 16 of the last 17 races , and have taken the Beefeater Gin Trophy for the sixth year running . |
| 2 | They 've won 16 of the last 17 races and victory this year will pull them level with Cambridge on 69 wins apiece . |
| 3 | I reckon Leeds need to win 14 of the last 18 games to even give us a prayer . |
| 4 | STEFFI GRAF shook off a sluggish start against Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere by winning 12 of the last 13 games to roar into the U.S. Open final at Flushing Meadow . |
| 5 | Dragon Pallets ( Ian Fullerton , Dave Pearce ) won 2-1 in the first division against Light of India and Wing Half ( John Farrell , Ritchie Martin ) defeated MSC Eastham 2-0 . |
| 6 | Crucially though — in the title year we then hit very good form , winning 7 of the next 8 matches . |
| 7 | Sir Victor Sassoon , who had waited so long to own a Derby winner , won three of the next seven runnings . |
| 8 | Hendry , winner of six titles this season , shrugged off the setback and won three of the next four frames for his first Irish final in three years . |
| 9 | Not surprisingly , West Indies dominated these , winning seventeen of the first twenty-two played up to the end of 1985–6 . |
| 10 | The Derbyshire professional dropped the first frame , but then won five of the next six . |
| 11 | Lotus Esprit Turbos won four of the first seven races in the SCCA Escort series this season . |
| 12 | Boro saw a 16-point lead cut in half as Long Eaton , outclassed in the opening races , won four of the last seven heats and the margin of defeat would have been less had the impressive Dane Jan Staechmann not slid into the safety boards in the final race when set for his fourth win of the night . |
| 13 | JIMMY WHITE yesterday won four of the last five frames to complete a superb fightback against Alan McManus in the fifth round of the £180,000 Nescafe Asian Open in Bangkok . |
| 14 | Hendry rallied after the break , winning four of the next five frames to trail 7-6 , but his countryman steadied to take the next two frames and seal victory . |
| 15 | Swedish international Henrik Gustafsson won two of the last three heats to give King 's Lynn a 47–43 success over Swindon , who had struck with maximum points in the first race from Mitch Shirra and Standing . |
| 16 | Hendry , however , won two of the next three frames , compiling a break of 67 in the seventh to lead by one at tea . |