Sentence examples for happened won from inspiring English sources

The arcane and often confusing delegate system is forcing the campaigns to navigate a patchwork of state party bylaws that has built up since the era of Abraham Lincoln, who, as it happened, won the Republican nomination in 1860 after swaying delegates to support him in a third round of voting.

He, in turn, has portrayed Mr. Daughtry as a big spender for supporting appropriations bills that, as it happens, won nearly universal bipartisan backing in the General Assembly.

Since a horse called Lottery, the favourite as it happens, won the first Grand National in 1839, the race has become sport's greatest game of roulette.

"No matter what happens, winning is the equalizer," Sanchez said.

The only odd thing is that Mr Cruz is not, as it happens, winning the race.The seat is being vacated by Texas's senior senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Whatever happens, win or lose, I will look back on this time with a great feeling of privilege.

I almost let the terror of what didn't happen win.

"Tings Dey Happen" won the Will Glickman Award for best new play in the Bay Area and was featured, to critical acclaim, in 2007 at the Culture Project in New York.

And then something remarkable happened: Ms. Harley won her case.

"We happened to win, and that's cool," Shields said.

A few nights earlier, Wanganeen had happened to win the Brownlow medal.