Example sentences of "[coord] won the " in BNC.
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| 1 | R.L. Soale 's ‘ Peace Perfect Peace ’ ( above ) , is a more typical entry to the marquetry classes , and won the Jack Fletcher Trophy for the best piece in the Secondary category , for marquetarians who have never won an award . |
| 2 | DOUGLAS WAKIIHURI , Kenya 's premier marathon runner , took the lead after 10km of the 30km Lidingoloppet in Sweden and won the world 's largest cross-country festival by two minutes . |
| 3 | He made his headmaster admit that military training was not ( strictly speaking ) compulsory , armed himself with a letter from his father , and won the contest of wills . |
| 4 | Kevin Garvey ( Warley Encon ) drew on one of the two warm water outfalls and won the 27 peg Square Open on the Lifford Canal with 6–4–12 . |
| 5 | It was to be the happiest year of his career — the year when BRM finally came good and won the world championship with Graham Hill . |
| 6 | George Eastham backed by the PFA took Newcastle United to court for ‘ unjustifiable restraint on trade ’ and won the case , although significantly the logical implications of the judgement in respect of full freedom of contract for players was resisted by the Football League for nearly another twenty years . |
| 7 | The one that eluded him was that of the Association of Golf Writers which , asked to nominate who had done most for European golf , decided on the Walker Cup team that went to the United States and won the trophy there for the first time . |
| 8 | Two Ryder Cup matches were won outright , another halved ; the Curtis Cup team went to Hutchinson , Kansas in 1986 and won , and defended successfully at Royal St George 's , while in August of this year the Walker Cup team , quite improbably , went to Atlanta and won the Walker Cup . |
| 9 | In 1988 Rodrigo Borja , of the Democratic Left party , campaigned for and won the presidency with promises to help the poor . |
| 10 | He built a prototype in 1988 and won the £7,000 first prize in the Douglas Bomford Trust Golden Jubilee competition the same year . |
| 11 | If we are above a certain age , we remember Gene Sarazen 's amazing three-wood at the long 15th , which went into the hole and won the jacket for him . |
| 12 | In fact , the putt was for par , Zoeller tied and won the play-off . |
| 13 | So Labour celebrated while the Tories got stuck in and won the election . |
| 14 | Its rival Prontaprint , which has 258 outlets and won the franchiser of the year prize , reckons to have kept the failure rate to less than 3 p.c. a year . |
| 15 | It is one of the first of its kind and won the COMDEF award in 1991 for the most innovative software solution . |
| 16 | BSB 's original backers , who applied for and won the contract to broadcast from 31° West , signed to use MAC . |
| 17 | Migrant did particularly well , winning several Best in Shows at All Breed Championship Shows and won the title of New Zealand 's Top Utility Dog . |
| 18 | In such cases , I would recommend that you seek professional help , for the dog you have acquired may have already been in conflict with his former family and won the contest . |
| 19 | We led all four majors and won the Kemper Open again , as well as the Las Vegas Invitational . |
| 20 | In 1912 Duke represented the United States at the Olympic Games in Stockholm and won the gold medal in the 100 metres freestyle , losing it again only in 1924 to Johnny Weissmuller : ‘ It took Tarzan to beat me ’ , he used to say . |
| 21 | He soon proved himself a redoubtable warrior , and won the respect of his peers . |
| 22 | What is perhaps of great importance is the fact that she challenged the decision of her employers and won the case against all odds . |
| 23 | Bohunt school gave the correct answer and won the contest with the score : Bohunt 28 , Mill Chase 24 . |
| 24 | Robert England , after service in the 1914–18 War — he was the last officer left alive at Vimy Ridge and won the MC at Cambrai — graduated from Queen 's University , Kingston , Ontario and the Sorbonne and , after a series of educational , business , academic and government appointments , was chairman of the University Requirements Committee in Ottawa . |
| 25 | In their final game they defied normal logic and won the hardest game in their section by defeating the much fancied Holland , courtesy of a piece of outstanding arrogance by the diminutive midfield dynamo Archie Gemmill . |
| 26 | As a 19 year old he dropped his pants in an old firm reserve team derby against Celtic and won the affection of the Rangers support with adventurous football and seemingly tireless pursuit of goals . |
| 27 | He was correct and won the Nobel prize . |
| 28 | During this last year she was a finalist in the Woking Young Musician competition and won the Dr. Clifford Page Cup for the most outstanding instrumentalist at the Aldershot and Farnborough Festival . |
| 29 | On the first Friday in August they finally reached Cowdray and won the semi-finals by the skins of their gumshields . |
| 30 | Coach Nigel Botherway said Hayes , which had one player sent off and won the tie 14-11 , tried desperately to make peace . |