Example sentences of "[pron] came second " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came second in the UK Astroid Championships . |
| 2 | As it turned out , Donovan Reid won and I came second , missing the third individual place but feeling that I was in with a chance of making the relay team . |
| 3 | I came second which I was very glad about and I received a pink certificate which I still have . |
| 4 | That 's why I came second in the quiz |
| 5 | Reserve Winners Dog The dog who came second in the Winners Dog 's original class competes with the dogs remaining in the ring , ( unless he has already been defeated by one of them ) , for Reserve Winners . |
| 6 | He told students : ‘ In the auditions I ask them who came second in the last war and they say ‘ Ask the other fella ’ . |
| 7 | It all came down to the last throw the lady who came second had three houses on Park Lane and Mayfair but I threw an 11 and sailed right past ! ’ |
| 8 | Kravchuk gained 61.59 per cent of the votes , beating six other candidates , including the Ukrainian nationalist , Vyacheslav Chornovil , who came second with 23 per cent . |
| 9 | They say that nobody remembers who came second but when that has happened to you as often as it has to Montgomerie , it is difficult to forget . |
| 10 | In her first run in the Sheikh 's colours she came second to Katies in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and in October was a strong-finishing second , beaten a neck , to Palace Music in the Champion Stakes . |
| 11 | A tall , well-built mare , she first encroached on the English racing scene in spring 1983 : she came second to Sabin Du Loir in the Sun Alliance Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival ; three weeks later , ridden by her trainer 's son Tony , she ran on successive days at Liverpool , winning on the Friday and the next day running Gaye Brief , fresh from his Champion Hurdle success , to a length . |
| 12 | She came second in the category ‘ feature writer of the year ’ on a non-business magazine in the annual Periodical Publishers ' Association awards . |
| 13 | In 1984 she came third in class in the Yachting Monthly Triangle and in 1985 she came second in class in the Round Britain Race , taking part in Ann Frazer 's Contessa 32 Gollywobbler . |
| 14 | She came second in a women 's international free-for-all at the 1933 Chicago races , at 189mph , but while leading in the Phillips Trophy race at the same meeting lost fabric off a wing and was killed in the subsequent crash . |
| 15 | Once she came second among 60 contestants in a competition to find the telephone operator with the most pleasant and efficient manner . |
| 16 | We came second to France in our heat , qualifying easily . |
| 17 | And we came second out of all the schools . |
| 18 | She wanted to be a star — and they came second . |
| 19 | They looked so good that they came second in their section . |
| 20 | Instead , he came second and had to make do with £80,000 . |
| 21 | PAUL TSONGAS decided yesterday not to re-enter the US presidential election , despite his strong showing in the New York Democratic primary , where he came second without campaigning . |
| 22 | Seve had just the right sort of build-up to the 1979 Open at Lytham : he won the English Classic at The Belfry , the first time it was played , and then he came second in the Scandinavian Open in Sweden . |
| 23 | Then he came second after losing a playoff in the Glasgow Open . |
| 24 | In December 1918 he came second in the same constituency in the Coupon election . |
| 25 | In 1848 he came second in the Chancellor 's medal competition with a poem ‘ The Death of Baldur ’ . |
| 26 | While disappointed that he came second in the poll to Sinn Fein 's Joe Austin , he was delighted with his eventual success on the fifth count . |
| 27 | Belgian Stefan Everts won the other … british rider Kurt Nicoll gave the home fans something to shout about he came second overall |
| 28 | Jay progressed though local congresses , and experienced his first big success at the Whitley Bay tournament where he came second in the under-nine events at the age of seven . |
| 29 | In Liverpool he came second in the English under-12 quick play championship , gave a good performance in last year 's London junior championships , and progressed to the England junior get-together in January . |
| 30 | It can take some comfort from the rise of 7.5 per cent in its vote and from the fact that it came second to Labour in so many seats and is at last beginning to nibble at Labour 's huge majorities in the Central Belt . |