Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun sg] victory over " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the fact that he had won a signal victory over the headmaster on Monday night made him reluctant to pit himself against him again so soon . |
| 2 | Sharif , 41 , was backed by the coalition Islamic Democratic Alliance ( IDA ) , which had won a landslide victory over the Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) in the general election held in October [ see pp. 37763-64 ] . |
| 3 | Among the merry passengers were a group of Scotland 's most adventurous old tars , hell bent on celebrating a mid-week victory over Wales . |
| 4 | But Peter Browning 's dismissal after 22 minutes changed all that and Cranleigh , having drawn level by half-time , looked a good bet to record a shock victory over the Dan Air leaders . |
| 5 | STEPHEN AKERS recorded a surprise victory over Ian Wilson , the European silver medallist , in the 1,500-metre freestyle at the fifth Edinburgh International Swimming Meet last night , writes Anita Lonsbrough . |
| 6 | But in 1659 he won a landslide victory over a crypto-Royalist , and in the Parliament of Richard Cromwell [ q.v. ] he proposed Chaloner Chute [ q.v. ] as Speaker and rose to his feet ‘ 20 times a day ’ . |