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 ’ .
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