Example sentences of "[vb past] to victory " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jackson lived up to Christie 's description of him as ‘ pound for pound perhaps the best athlete in the world ’ as he scorched to victory in the Heysel Stadium in 12.99 secs the seventh fastest of all-time . |
| 2 | AHT sailed to victory once again , winning 9-O against Fireater [ 2 ] in another five-a-side tournament organised by Coopers & Lybrand [ Norwich Office ] . |
| 3 | Mum and dad are both noted stayers , while a few seasons ago his grandad , I 'm Slippy , roared to victory in the sport 's blue riband event , the Greyhound Derby . |
| 4 | Even then you should have caught a glimpse of Nigel in orbit as he roared to victory in the British Grand Prix … |
| 5 | PONY-TAILED South African No.3 Lisa Low coasted to victory in her first appearance at the North Wales Open Tennis Championships at Prestatyn with a crushing performance against 16-years-old Mold schoolgirl Claire Bennett in the final . |
| 6 | TRANMERE coasted to victory over am outclassed Southend side at Prenton Park . |
| 7 | EP were bundled out for 120 in 50 of their 55 overs , as Corrie van Zyl took 4 for 24 , and Cronje 's Free State raced to victory in 33 overs with six wickets in hand . |
| 8 | Murray Kidd ( from Auckland ) remains for another season with Garryowen , the All Ireland champions whom he steered to victory last season . |
| 9 | The College stormed to victory in the annual challenge to their sister college from Blackburn . |
| 10 | THE Hills family dominated the Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh today when Nicer stormed to victory under Michael Hills and the winning trainer was his father Barry . |
| 11 | MARK Walsham , riding for the Banana professional team of overall leader Chris Lillywhite , sprinted to victory on home ground in yesterday 's ninth stage of the Milk Race from Wrexham to Rotherham . |
| 12 | So a delighted Dave Smith steamrollered to victory : |
| 13 | The Seasiders cantered to victory against a hard-working Halifax outfit , despite the presence of four newcomers in the 13 . |
| 14 | Bay of Plenty showed the advantage of the special coaching which New Zealanders receive for such events when they romped to victory in the Melrose Sevens tournament , taking the prized trophy overseas for the third year in a row by defeating Kelso 19–12 in the final . |
| 15 | On adjacent courts , Amanda Brown — the former Wightman Cup player — shone as she romped to victory over Queen 's No. 1 Alison Grant 6–1 6–1 , while team mate Judy Rich — who this time last year led the Queen 's attack — took just four games more to defeat Karen Cass in the other singles rubber . |
| 16 | Just two weeks after winning a race in Barnsley , he romped to victory in the Belfast Classic 10K … and then he headed to Dublin and finished second in the BLE 5K road race championship . |
| 17 | After King James , Knareborough had made 50 for eight St Aidan 's Harrogate romped to victory . |
| 18 | Police in the Irish Republic have been alerted but the RUC has not given up hope of finding the chestnut thoroughbred which romped to victory in the all-Ireland derby two years ago and up to 100 other races . |
| 19 | EXPRESSIONS of triumph were tinged with a feeling of relief from Winchester and Alton Conservatives as their candidate Gerry Malone swept to victory in last week 's general election with a majority of over 8,000 over the Liberal Democrats . |
| 20 | A NEW YORK woman who backed Bill Clinton last April to win the presidency scooped £56,250 when he swept to victory , bookmakers William Hill said . |
| 21 | Johnson found it easy to represent his opponent as the enemy of the underprivileged at home and a warmonger abroad ; and he swept to victory by one of the largest margins in American history — 43 million votes to 27 million , and 44 states to six . |
| 22 | Bush swept to victory in West Virginia and Nebraska , on May 12 , winning over 80 per cent of the vote in each case . |
| 23 | Then there was the American sprinter Jesse Owens , who swept to victory in the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936 , much to the disgruntlement of Hitler . |