Example sentences of "[prep] winning the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After winning the second game , Timman immediately offered a draw in the unfinished opening game of the match . |
| 2 | BORIS BECKER spoke here yesterday of how he tried to find the perfect antidote to New York by taking a week 's holiday in East Germany after winning the United States Open last month . |
| 3 | NEWPORT BEACH ( Reuter ) — The Dalai Lama , on a visit to California , said after winning the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday : ‘ Tibetans today are facing the real possibility of elimination as a people and a nation . ’ |
| 4 | The Frenchman , who protested his innocence when he failed a drug test after winning the Tour of Wallonia in 1987 , is one of a number of leading riders to have failed a test , including Pedro Delgado , the Spaniard who was allowed to complete and win the Tour de France last year after a test revealed a substance banned by the International Olympic Committee but not by the International Cycling Union . |
| 5 | Cocks also describes how Denis Healey , in excellent form after winning the deputy leadership in 1981 , spotted his beaten opponent in a fish and chip cafe and roared through the window : ‘ Joined the plebs then ? ’ |
| 6 | Monaru was bought in for a course record of 11,500 gns after winning the Carlsberg Selling Hurdle but Pipe had no complaints and said : ‘ People do n't have to run in sellers if they do n't want to . |
| 7 | Werder Bremen knocked the holders Napoli out of the Uefa Cup last night , 8-3 on aggregate after winning the second leg 5-1 . |
| 8 | The only English-trained horses pitched in against Mill Reef were Ortis , second in the King George after winning the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot , and the three-year-old Royalty , unbeaten but untried in high-class company . |
| 9 | Colin McRae , of Scotland , continues his defence of the champion 's crown over four stages in Kielder Forest after winning the opening round in his Subaru in north Wales two weeks ago . |
| 10 | After winning the Berkhamsted he went back to his home club and picked up the Watson Trophy with a 69 . |
| 11 | GARY Wolstenholme no doubt arrived at Augusta with a set of expectations borne of years of reading about the Masters , watching the final stages on television and latterly imagining what it will be like , for he is playing in the US Masters as an automatic invitee after winning the 1991 Amateur Championship . |
| 12 | DJAMOLODINE Abdoujaparov , the former Soviet sprinter whose erratic finishing caused him to crash spectacularly on the Champs-Elysees during the final stage of the Tour de France last July , was yesterday disqualified after winning the Belgian Classic from Ghent to Wevelgem for pulling the jersey of Italian Mario Cipollini . |
| 13 | After winning the Enfield by-election in 1984 , his first job was in the whip 's office , followed by a stint as junior health minister . |
| 14 | Tushingham 's second place in the Flying Dutchman , after winning the final race , was particularly impressive as British sailors have not been so near the top of this class since the era of Rodney Pattisson . |
| 15 | Two years ago Hounslow won the inaugural Cup-Winners Cup but , after winning the National League in the same season , were unable to defend their title . |
| 16 | His Senior Assistant is 24-year old Max Taylor from Southport , who turned professional at 18 after winning the Junior Championship at Bootle Golf Club ( Liverpool ) . |
| 17 | And Trevino made it a double after winning the US Open . |
| 18 | Milton performing his party trick — a dramatic leap into the air — after winning the World Cup final in Gothenburg , Sweden , 1991 . |
| 19 | In 1904 , shortly after winning the FA Cup , Manchester City lost its entire team as punishment for illegal bonus payments to players . |
| 20 | After winning the Cup in 1930 , with the forward line of Hulme , Jack , Lambert , James and Bastin the most powerful the game had yet seen , there was every reason to hope for the League title next season . |
| 21 | Each time it looked as though he was going to make his breakthrough — in 1982 after his Commonwealth dead heat with Allan Wells , or in 1984 after making the Los Angeles Olympic final , or again in 1985 after winning the European Indoor — he just did n't get his act together . |
| 22 | After winning the European Indoor I thought that sponsorship and help would come rolling in . |
| 23 | Her love for him was intense and her sense of loss was as great when he was tragically killed in a crash on the way to visit her in New York a matter of months after winning the world middleweight title ; Piaf had persuaded him to make the trip . |
| 24 | Linford Christie after winning the Olympic Games 100-metres gold medal in Barcelona |
| 25 | Malcolm Smith , 36 , is on the verge of financial ruin because of mounting legal costs a year after winning the case against Alanah Houston , his former partner at a Northampton surgery . |
| 26 | After winning the title , Fitzsimmons toured America with a theatrical show before losing his crown to James J Jeffries in 1899 in a bruising encounter . |
| 27 | Despite returning to London after winning the heavyweight gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games , there have been constant jibes about his right to call himself British . |
| 28 | After winning the love of Claire 's daughter and the respect of her husband Mike ( Matt McCoy ) , Peyton begins a systematic campaign to ruin her employer 's life , culminating in a chilling climax when she goes on the rampage . |
| 29 | One fan who did n't mind the crush was student Allan Brett who scooped £10,000 after winning the National Computer Games Championships . |
| 30 | Mouland was tipped as a rising star of European golf when he turned professional in 1981 after winning the British Boys Championship . |