Example sentences of "[verb] won just " in BNC.
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| 1 | This car has rewritten the rules that underline the supermini concept , since it won European Car of the Year in 1983 ( Peugeot 205 was second ) and it has won just about every award possible . |
| 2 | Well football pools are a splendid started because recently somebody has won just over nine hundred thousand pounds , and it 's interesting to note that he did this without exercising too much skill , as I 'm sure he 'd be the first to admit , because he enters the same numbers every week . |
| 3 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |
| 4 | Leeds had won just one of their previous five games , but goals from Rod Wallace , Lee Chapman and a memorable effort from Eric Cantona put a smile back on Wilkinson 's face . |
| 5 | Lendl , who lost in the first round of the Australian and French Opens this season and had won just one match at Wimbledon , insists he is not about to fade into the sunset . |
| 6 | Bora Mulitonovic 's side had won just once in their last 16 games and they had not scored for 389 minutes . |
| 7 | Leicester have won just one of their 11 Carlsberg League games this season , but the club suggested that the reason for the dismissal was Johnson 's unwillingness to involve himself in the club 's junior programme . |
| 8 | Palace have won just once in the Premier League all season and could not be in worse shape to face Liverpool tonight in the Coca-Cola Cup as they attempt to exorcise the haunting memory of their 9-0 Anfield thrashing in 1989 . |
| 9 | United have won just one of their last 7 league matches . |
| 10 | Swindon have won just two games this season … both at home … this one if the Coca cola cup against Wolves … and one in the league against Queens Park Rangers … every Town fan will be praying for number three tomorrow when their team face Sheffield United at the County Ground |
| 11 | McHale 's men have won just once in eight matches and Fletcher has not started since the 5–1 defeat at Barnet on February 8 . |