Example sentences of "won [pron] first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | By now , rather than dreaming of becoming Regius Professor of History , I was planning my speech to the cameras when I won my first Open Championship . |
2 | Two weeks later I won my first national title at the Indoor Championships , taking the 200 metres . |
3 | CHESHIRE won their first National Cricket Association County Championship match when they beat Lancashire by 42 runs at Milnrow yesterday . |
4 | CHESHIRE won their first National Cricket Association County Championship match when they beat Lancashire by 42 runs at Milnrow yesterday to give themselves a chance of winning the North West group . |
5 | Last December her suspension was briefly lifted when she won her first judicial review of her case in the High Court . |
6 | New station Classic FM won its first major award as Radio Programme of the Year for ‘ an outstanding contribution in all areas of its programming ’ . |
7 | The new station Classic FM won its first major award as radio programme of the year . |
8 | Murray won his first professional welterweight title back in 1989 at the Ulster Hall , outpointing champion Richard Hill of America . |
9 | Murray won his first professional welterweight title back in 1989 at the Ulster Hall , outpointing champion Richard Hill of America . |
10 | From the moment Galwey won his first international cap against Namibia two years ago the experts claimed he was too short for an international lock forward , too slow to be an effective No 8 . |
11 | Griffin 's next bout is tonight against the German champion Siegmund Franke , who won his first round contest 13–0 and Belfast 's World bronze medallist Damien Kelly will have his first fight of the championships . |
12 | He won his first round match in the United States Open , putting Flushing Meadow into a party mood as he whipped Brazilian Jaime Oncins 6-1 , 6-2 , 6-3 . |
13 | Though the script is not precisely what Barnes , who won his first full cap eight years ago , had in mind for the closing half of a remarkable career , he welcomes the opportunity to set several records straight . |
14 | Wayne Gardner won his first British motorcycling Grand Prix at Donington Park yesterday . |
15 | He won his first Scottish cap in 1965 against Spain by which time he was known as ‘ the prince of nigglers ’ , and one of the most unruly players in the professional game . |
16 | Edberg won his first round-robin match , in the IBM ATP World Championships , beating Czechoslovakia 's Petr Korda 6–3 , 7–6 . |
17 | In 1944 he won his first starring role on screen in A Canterbury Tale , directed by Michael Powell . |
18 | On Monday night Norman Dixon 's Headford Arms won his first competitive race in England after being bought as top lot in Cleveland Park 's recent auction . |
19 | There was similar ‘ first time ’ success for Scotland 's Barry McColl , who won his first national title with a win in the final over Justin Layne 6–1 , 6–1 . |
20 | Cheltenham 's Tony Allcock has taken to grass like a duck to water this week … he won his first national title on the green stuff in the Ulster Games singles . |
21 | Sunderland 's Billy Tyrell ( intermediate 54kg ) won his first national title after stopping two holders en route to the final in convincing style against Essex 's Richard Warman . |