Sentence examples for secured one for from inspiring English sources

In the 2008 Olympics, where all the constituent parts of the United Kingdom play as a single team, Wendy Houvenaghel, a cyclist, won a medal for Britain, while Paddy Barnes, a boxer, secured one for Ireland.

It's perfectly possible, of course, that the Tories on both sides who suspect Johnson was never an outer in his bones are plain wrong, that the anonymous Labour MP who hotly accused him on Friday of jeopardising thousands of ordinary people's jobs just to secure one for himself was doing him a terrible injustice.

Redmayne, who took the actor award last year for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, is up for best actor, but his main rival from 2015, Michael Keaton, has failed to secure one for Spotlight (other snubs include Tom Courteney for 45 Years, Colin Farrell for The Lobster, Tom Hardy for Legend and Ian McKellen for Mr Holmes).

In its prime, BlackBerry's 80 million users ranked among the world's elite, from US president Barack Obama, who refused to give up his BlackBerry when taking office, forcing the NSA to secure one for his personal use, to celebrities, sports stars and business people.

The device is expected to retail for $89 but a few early backers can still secure one for $55 or more.

When asked by Gordon when people should place an order for Kinect in order to secure one for the holiday season, Mattrick said, seriously, "by the end of this week" insisting that he was not just trying to spike early sales and in fact the product is in that much demand.

The studio had paid about $400 to secure one for the show.

The Washington Post hasn't been able to secure one for more than a year, according to foreign editor Douglas Jehl.

A local fixer, hesitant to promise he could arrange an interview, was able to secure one for VICE News in a single day.

Ivory Coast, coached by the Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic, are looking to secure one of Africa's berths for the World Cup finals which take place next year in South Africa.

In New York, Mr. Gaur, 33, had managed to secure one of the three-year visas for professionals known as H-1B visas, and he probably could have renewed it for another three years, he said.