Example sentences of "[vb past] [num ord] prize " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got second prize . |
| 2 | celebrated 100 years at the Suffolk Show in May and to top the occasion collected first prize for the most attractive non-machinery agricultural stand at the show . |
| 3 | We even managed second prize in the ridden veteran after a lovely show where , unbeknown to the judge , Copper was pulling my arms out . |
| 4 | The Lifford Company , whose Passing Day took second prize also won the supporting actor and actress trophies — for Aussie Bryson ( Looney ) and Anne Shiels ( Mrs Fibbs ) . |
| 5 | Pipe Major Tom Buchanan and the Boys and Girls of Monkstown Mossley School Band had a glorious day when they took second prize and Best Corps of Drums in the Novice Juvenile Band section . |
| 6 | James Finnegan of Armagh took the top award in the colour section and Henry Irwin , also of Armagh , took second prize . |
| 7 | He was delighted when his giant vegetable took first prize in the pumpkin section at the Newdigate Horticultural Show in Surrey . |
| 8 | Waterstones staff took first prize in two recent publisher competitions . |
| 9 | Fortuitous Ian Clark took first prize ( a bottle of wine ) , for guessing twenty-four correctly without clues . |
| 10 | A joint effort by Valerie Dennis and Anita Clifford took first prize ( box of chocolates ) for correctly matching all twenty-eight people using clues . |
| 11 | Yet again the BNFL entry , which sported a mock-up of the film 's famous pink car , took first prize for the annual procession 's best entry . |
| 12 | The children took first prize ahead of a hundred other teams . |
| 13 | Michael Maguire of Craigavon took first prize in the black and white section . |
| 14 | Des Lancaster took first prize in the sell-out St Helens AA Open at Carr Mill Dam with 9lb 7oz . |
| 15 | Jim Payne , 21 , who turned professional after last year 's Walker Cup , took third prize of £14,000 after a 69 for 289 with Essex 's Paul Curry ( 73 ) , Derbyshire 's Mark Roe ( 72 ) and Argentina 's Eduardo Romero ( 73 ) joint fourth on 291 for £9,533 prizes . |
| 16 | Earlier this year he took third prize for his leeks in the British Championship and scooped the top prize in the Welsh Onion Championship . |
| 17 | I won second prize , being beaten by a boy named Bryant , who the following month emigrated with his family to South Africa . |
| 18 | Born in 1959 , Orolowetsky won second prize in the Utrecht Liszt Competition in 1989 . |
| 19 | MUCH has been written about the Gwili 's TVR No. 220 1891 vintage carriage which recently won second prize in the Scania competition and also appeared on BBC 's Blue Peter . |
| 20 | The railway won second prize of a certificate and £500 for their ‘ Lorna Doone ’ carriage with special facilities for disabled visitors . |
| 21 | It won second prize . |
| 22 | He won second prize in the 1985 John Player Award , and his commission to paint the Prince of Wales came when Charles saw an exhibition of his work in Halifax last year and asked for a portrait for his private collection — a rare honour for any artist . |
| 23 | Margaret Scally from Ballycastle won second prize in the ‘ Young Film Critic of the Year ’ Competition . |
| 24 | Each year the local fete has a different theme and this photograph won second prize at the village show some weeks later . |
| 25 | I won second prize . |
| 26 | And I won second prize which is England ! |
| 27 | Winstanley 's wayward tee shot presented first prize to host club assistant Jason O'Brien , whose 39 points pipped Winstanley and Bromborough 's other assistant Darren Robinson by one . |
| 28 | Frank Page of Loughborough University won first prize in the materials science category of the tenth annual Polaroid international photomicrography competition , for his micrograph ( above ) depicting ultra high velocity jet plated gold . |
| 29 | In the one Caddie Competition Charlie played in ( 1921 or 1922 ) , he was loaned some of Mr. de Ville 's clubs and won first prize . |
| 30 | They won first prize at the Hampshire Technology Fair in the ten to eleven year group . |