Example sentences of "[pron] come 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 | Danny Baker 's Morning Edition on BBC Radio Five is a stunning eruption of top-notch Q-magazine rock pop and country music , all of which comes second to non-stop verbal pyrotechnics from Danny , his studio team and constant phoning-in members of the public . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He told students : ‘ In the auditions I ask them who came second in the last war and they say ‘ Ask the other fella ’ . |
| 8 | 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 ! ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She came second in the category ‘ feature writer of the year ’ on a non-business magazine in the annual Periodical Publishers ' Association awards . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Once she came second among 60 contestants in a competition to find the telephone operator with the most pleasant and efficient manner . |
| 17 | Did n't you come second in that ? |
| 18 | And if you win , you come second or third or fourth you get a big , you know them cameras , look like them . |
| 19 | Who comes second ? |
| 20 | We came second to France in our heat , qualifying easily . |
| 21 | And we came second out of all the schools . |
| 22 | On Thursdays I go to music lesson and erm , we have this singing contest erm , we come second out of the first years , and we sung Mole in a Hole . |
| 23 | We , we , we were playing in the er Alton league at one time , you know , we were doing quite well in that as well we got , one year we come second we got promoted to the first division after our first year , there was only three of their , there were four or five leagues going and they put us straight in the second division and er , but you were going all over the bloody place , you were going as far a field as Petersfield bloody old there was almost , there was one erm , just outside |
| 24 | She wanted to be a star — and they came second . |
| 25 | They looked so good that they came second in their section . |
| 26 | They come second to his personal ambition and to the Conservative Party interest . |
| 27 | Now they come second , but I 'll admit it 's a close second . ’ |
| 28 | but they come second |
| 29 | Instead , he came second and had to make do with £80,000 . |
| 30 | 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 . |