Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | She came second in the category ‘ feature writer of the year ’ on a non-business magazine in the annual Periodical Publishers ' Association awards . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Once she came second among 60 contestants in a competition to find the telephone operator with the most pleasant and efficient manner . |
11 | Did n't you come second in that ? |
12 | And if you win , you come second or third or fourth you get a big , you know them cameras , look like them . |
13 | We came second to France in our heat , qualifying easily . |
14 | And we came second out of all the schools . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 |
17 | She wanted to be a star — and they came second . |
18 | They looked so good that they came second in their section . |
19 | They come second to his personal ambition and to the Conservative Party interest . |
20 | Now they come second , but I 'll admit it 's a close second . ’ |
21 | but they come second |
22 | Instead , he came second and had to make do with £80,000 . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Then he came second after losing a playoff in the Glasgow Open . |
26 | In December 1918 he came second in the same constituency in the Coupon election . |
27 | In 1848 he came second in the Chancellor 's medal competition with a poem ‘ The Death of Baldur ’ . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | Belgian Stefan Everts won the other … british rider Kurt Nicoll gave the home fans something to shout about he came second overall |
30 | 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 . |