Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pair finished with a score of 62 nett to claim second spot in the four ball better ball while they won the foursomes with a final nett 66 total . |
| 2 | This may be due in part to the fact that women in developing countries tend to achieve second or third parity at much younger ages than is the case in developed regions . |
| 3 | On the other hand , I am a girl who likes a bit of old-fashioned interest taken in her , and I do get cheesed when I have to take second place , especially when it 's to a dead widow of seventy-odd … ’ |
| 4 | Although I suppose we could say that you 're supporting me , since you employ me , but , unlike the gentleman cads of those sepia-tinted days , you might find you occasionally have to take second place to the demands of your mistress 's work ! ’ |
| 5 | Still I suppose I have to take second place to your work . ’ |