Example sentences of "just won " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had just won the competitive Cambridgeshire Handicap for the second time in three years . |
| 2 | When I was 12 , my great hero was Van Cliburn because he 'd just won the Tchaikovsky Competition , so he was invited over and played on my spinet . ’ |
| 3 | Coventry v Southampton Having just won at Liverpool for the first time , Coventry ought to be in the mood to take Southampton even though the latter have lost only once in a dozen games . |
| 4 | They are unlikely to find easy pickings at Hillsborough , Wednesday having just won at Forest and with King and Sheridan making their first home appearances . |
| 5 | It has , from all accounts , been a successful marriage — as clearly shown , in part , by his recent recording of the American composer John Corigliano 's brilliant First Symphony ( which has just won the 1992 Grammy Award as Classical Record of the Year ) . |
| 6 | He had just won the Cannes Palme d'Or for Mission , and was looking for a new challenge . |
| 7 | Sherwood has just won the licence to sell socks at Paris 's EuroDisney park . |
| 8 | The Kingswinford , West Midlands , company has just won an order for 200 of its light and rapid open two-seaters in petrol form from Japan . |
| 9 | Alfred McAlpine has supplied roofing slates for the new St Joseph 's Convent and Convalescent Home , which has just won a Centenary Bournemouth Civic Design Award . |
| 10 | He had just won a battle with one of the local earls to whom he wished to teach some manners , although the reason for the fight is unclear ; but the Vikings never needed much of an excuse to fight . |
| 11 | ( Actually , it was a triple because he had also just won the Canadian Open a few days before . ) |
| 12 | ‘ You do n't want to wind up on crutches when you 've just won the world title . ’ |
| 13 | Docherty was on the verge of signing a new contract with United who had just won the FA Cup and in an act of either remarkable honesty or unmitigated stupidity , he decided to inform the board that he was romantically involved with the physiotherapist 's wife . |
| 14 | Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin . |
| 15 | Harry signed for Palace after Manager Edmund Goodman had seen him play for the amateur side , Kingstonian , in a Surrey Charity Shield Final at The Nest early in the summer of 1921 , when Palace had just won promotion to Division 2 . |
| 16 | Manchester City had just won the League Cup and this was the night of their gala celebrations . |
| 17 | ‘ I think I 've enjoyed myself more after the housewife 's choice has just won the Grand National . ’ |
| 18 | In an exhausting , exhilarating fortnight , they moved round the country triumphing gloriously at Cheshire , being demoralized at Cirencester , where they drew against a vastly inferior team , cockahoop at Kirtlington , and nearly coming unstuck at Windsor , where Perdita was sent off for swearing , so Rutshire had to play the last chukka with only three men , and only just won . |
| 19 | SINCE Barclays Bank has just won an award for being model employers despite laying off hundreds of workers , I suppose the Government deserves three gold medals for allowing Cammell Laird to close . |
| 20 | I find it strange that a new name is mentioned despite the fact that we 've just won two away games . |
| 21 | ‘ But I have just won the Young Eagle award and feel I am close to my best . ’ |
| 22 | One had just won her school colours , and the other had raised a lot of money for the Endowment Fund by collecting empty jam jars . |
| 23 | I 'd just won Wimbledon and wanted a lot of action , but there was nothing and nobody . |
| 24 | Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude . |
| 25 | It has just won an additional franchise in Germany and according to Elstone , the company will move more and more into Europe as the UK market continues to mature . |
| 26 | They have also just won an order to supply the scout shops . |
| 27 | With the help of a similar system , the right-wing Union for France has just won a sweeping majority in a French general election . |
| 28 | This dismemberment of the kingdom he had just won is indicative of the underlying weakness of Balliol 's position . |
| 29 | I 've do It 's like it 's like practising for football I mean you might be the best footballer in the world and you say you know they say well you 've just won the cup say |
| 30 | On my next visit to Southampton I tried in vain for a chat with the young man who had just won a match for Hampshire and deserved to bask in a discreet amount of praise . |