Example sentences of "[noun] came second " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , Labour came second in seven out of ten council seats , and in the Euro elections , the SLD came fourth behind the Greens . |
| 2 | In 1987 the Lib Dems came second to the Conservatives in two thirds of the seats and this time they look like the main challengers . |
| 3 | The hitherto ruling Croatian League of Communists — Party of Democratic Change came second in a field of more than 30 political parties [ the full results will be published in the next News Digest ] . |
| 4 | THE Senior team from Churcher 's College in Petersfield came second in the district final of the Rotary Club 's Youth Speaks competition on Friday at Southampton University . |
| 5 | In 1914 only the United Kingdom sent more of its manufactures to non-European nations than to European ; yet she was also Germany 's best customer , and Germany came second only to India as a buyer of British goods . |
| 6 | Following too close to another vehicle came second in a report by the Automobile Association . |
| 7 | Clint Eastwood came second . |
| 8 | In racing terms the going was good for the championships which were split into four age groups … in all of them the start was like a cavalry charge as they ran off to tackle the 6000 metre long course … the best local performance came in the girls race where Nicky Slater from carterton who runs in the Radley colours came second … |
| 9 | Patrese in the other Williams came second and Martin Brundle in the Benetton from Witney , was third . |
| 10 | Peter Little won the race and Andy Pitts came second , but I had beaten three others who had originally been selected ahead of me , including Cameron Sharp , who the following year was to have a great outdoor season . |
| 11 | An England representative team came second in the strongest open tournament of the year in Berne , Switzerland , to break the familiar stranglehold on the top prizes by players from the former Soviet Union . |
| 12 | But the pub 's other team came second . |
| 13 | For example , in one strip the picture of the sun shining came first ( i.e. , on the left ) , and the picture of the snowman melting came second , whereas in the other strip the pictures were arranged in the opposite order . |
| 14 | American footballers from Ashington came second . |
| 15 | Art came second , with more space devoted to it than either maths or language ; it accounted for just over a quarter of all curriculum-specific work areas for younger pupils , and a fifth of those for older pupils . |
| 16 | Ian Charnock swam a record time and Ali Wright and Keith Dickinson came second and third behind him . |
| 17 | Ironic that , because Seve won an event and Sandy came second in it , just before the 1985 Open . |
| 18 | Seve won it and Sandy came second . |
| 19 | Radstock came second place and head office/Eagle mill third . |
| 20 | In fact , Labour 's Maggie Cosin came second , with 23.7 per cent of the vote , 343 votes ahead of the Liberal Democrats . |
| 21 | Marchon and Sunderland Flo-Gas came second and third in the Wearside League section , but half a street behind . |
| 22 | K D Murray of Dromore came second . |
| 23 | There was a woman in hot-pants who won , I ca n't think why , and a man came second who was dressed as a skeleton who climbed out of a coffin and sang . |
| 24 | Mr Rollins , the assistant tourism director , asked everyone he met what they associated with Cheltenham : horses and educated ladies came second by a length to spies . |
| 25 | The MDF candidate came second with 17.3 per cent . |
| 26 | The East German won , the Frenchman came second and Allan qualified in third place . |
| 27 | Among the nine member countries in 1985 the British pension came second to last in what it enabled older people to buy in their own countries . |
| 28 | The Station also won the Team prize , while John Thompson came second in the Van Driver of the Year Contest . |
| 29 | The Scrogg Road Club from Newcastle came second after tossing a pancake 52 times . |
| 30 | Cheltenham came second . |