Example sentences of "[adv] come second " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the face of such prowess , Vauxhall 's sleek coupe can only come second . |
| 2 | After a series of physical exchanges in which Bremner rarely came second , the referee detected that the increasing levels of animosity were about to spoil the game as a spectacle and sent both Bremner and Keegan for an early bath . |
| 3 | You play to win or you 'll always come second . |
| 4 | Drink , a quarrel or even illness would always come second with her . |
| 5 | But erm you can always come second . |
| 6 | He also came second on the day , but I 'm sure a lot of people would like to have seen him win . |
| 7 | He defeated the emigré businessman Stanislaw Tyminski , who had surprisingly come second in the first round of the elections held on Nov. 25 [ see pp. 37840-41 ] , by 10,622,696 votes ( 74.3 per cent ) to 3,693,098 ( 25.7 per cent ) . |
| 8 | For 133 days in 1988 Lyle had led the US Money List , he had won the Phoenix , Greensboro and Masters titles and in the first months of 1989 he twice came second . |
| 9 | We all know that England can play an expansive game ; they proved this in the 89/90 season ( and again came second ) . |
| 10 | To the undisguised disquiet of Civic Forum officials the Communist Party improved on its strong showing in the June elections , again coming second , with 17.2 per cent of the vote . |
| 11 | If dissuading people from ever starting to smoke is the primary aim then limitation of long term cigarette smoking presumably comes second . |