Example sentences of "he [verb] win [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He failed to win a cricket Blue at Oxford . |
| 2 | He has that ingrained self-confidence most commonly attributed to the grandest old Etonians , although he failed to win a scholarship there and ended up at Charterhouse . |
| 3 | He was the Republicans ' defeated presidential candidate in 1960 , and the man who had stomped out of a press conference in 1962 when he failed to win the governorship of California , telling the reporters that they would n't ‘ have Nixon to kick around any more ’ . |
| 4 | He failed to win the Volvo Masters , finishing second to Ronan Rafferty , but nevertheless it was a season of stunning success for the British golfer . |
| 5 | In August he tried to win the rest of the Six over to major changes in the treaty which would reduce its supranational content and allow French forces greater freedom of action to please the Gaullists . |
| 6 | He has won a day for himself and a companion at Doncaster Races on March 19 the opening meeting of the Flat by providing the first correct entry opened in our recent racing competition . |
| 7 | Dutch 's owner Ron Smith , f rom Manor Road , said : ‘ He has won a lot of championships already including best of breed . |
| 8 | For the first time in 14 years , the country 's top sprinter , currently sunning himself in Australia , has decided to skip the event at which he has won a record nine men 's titles . |
| 9 | He 's not the greatest header of the ball although he has won a corner . |
| 10 | As well as £2,000 , and a trophy presented by the Duchess of Kent , he has won a place in the Eurovision Young Musician of the Year heats in Brussels in June . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He has won the equivalent of an Oscar — the ads were voted Britain 's favourite commercial last year in a Marketing magazine survey . |
| 13 | He lolled back in his chair to light a cigar , displaying the carefree indifference of a man who knows he has won the day . |
| 14 | There is a real possibility that the newcomer is not only exhausted but possibly wounded by the time he has won the harem . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | At last he has won the World Formula One title — and we 're offering you this marvellous memento of his triumph . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He 'd won a bursary to a local grammar school when he was eleven and then gone on to an apprenticeship with an engineering firm which employed a quarter of the town 's local inhabitants . |
| 22 | He 'd won the year before , so I could n't believe my luck . |
| 23 | Obviously aware of the moment when he 'd won the battle , Dane released her hands , and her arms slid of their own accord round his back , pulling him closer still , as if suddenly she could n't get enough of him . |
| 24 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 25 | And then , in Camus , who made the most immense journey from his origins ( his mother was illiterate ; a neighbour read her the telex saying he 'd won the Nobel Prize ) , I found someone who stated , in the most affirmative and human terms , the ways in which he remained dependent on them . |
| 26 | ‘ He says he 'd won the right to kill . ’ |
| 27 | By March , he 'd won the right to remove incompetent principals — like the one in the Bronx who had been convicted of possessing crack cocaine . |
| 28 | Why not let him think he 'd won the argument ? |
| 29 | David handed the statuette to his father telling him he 'd won the contest and his father told him he knew he would succeed in the end . |
| 30 | He added : ‘ How is he going to win the trust of the minority community with that sort of reputation ? |