Example sentences of "finished third " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1950 , he was Swiss sculls champion and finished third in the European championships before moving to Manila to work for his family 's private multinational company , Eduard Keller Ltd , for four years . |
| 2 | ‘ For sure I 'd like to win the car , ’ said Lansink , who finished third behind the Whitaker brothers in August 's European Championships on Optiebeurs Felix . |
| 3 | Surrey , who finished third last year , are expected to win their home match against Cheshire , the other promoted side . |
| 4 | The biggest threat to Davies may well come from Scotland 's Jane Connachan , never out of the top seven in her last five tournaments , and Trish Johnson , who finished third in the Italian Open two weeks ago . |
| 5 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics and England did at the 1986 World Cup . |
| 6 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics , as did England at the 1986 World Cup . |
| 7 | The 1988 Gold Cup victor led until two out , where lack of fitness told , and he finished third , 11 lengths behind the winner . |
| 8 | The Olympic super-G champion , Franck Piccard of France , finished third in 1.37.86 after being second in the season 's first super-G in Val d'Isere , France , on Sunday . |
| 9 | Lynch , who fell at the first fence on his only other Grand National ride in 1981 , had looked likely to miss the race after Auntie Dot , one of his regular mounts , had been promised to Mark Dwyer , who finished third on her in last year 's race . |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher , of Germany , who finished third for Camel Benetton Ford in Mexico two weeks ago , was third quickest ahead of Pierluigi Martini 's Dallara Ferrari . |
| 11 | The world champion , who trails in fifth place in the driver 's championship with only four points , incurred the wrath on Sunday of German newcomer Michael Schumacher , who finished third behind the two Williams drivers for the second successive race . |
| 12 | Jean Francois Poitevin , who finished third last year and has a best time of 1:32:22 , has pulled out in protest . |
| 13 | He once finished third , but more often he has sacrificed his own chances by slowing down to help British runners who were struggling to complete the course . |
| 14 | We finished third in Monte Carlo so things were looking up . |
| 15 | The Ants senior team finished third in their section . |
| 16 | Northampton finished third in 1912 , with 82 goals , 41 against , maintaining the 2–1 average of the previous three seasons . |
| 17 | Lindford 's Norman Gray finished third in the veteran class . |
| 18 | Martin Brundle finished third in the second Benetton , making doubly sure that the team kept up its remarkable record of having scored points in all 16 races . |
| 19 | I ran in the Cosford Games 60 metres and finished third . |
| 20 | This time I finished third and this earned me my first indoor international , with a place in the 4 × 200 metres relay team , against West Germany . |
| 21 | I finished third in the Inter-Counties Championships . |
| 22 | I ran in a spirited 200 metres and finished third behind Ade Mafe and Todd Bennett . |
| 23 | It was a contrast to performances in recent Asian tournaments ( Hong Kong in 1988 and Sri Lanka in 1990 ) when the territory finished third , behind South Korea and Japan , and showed that with a bit of luck could have entered the finals . |
| 24 | The Fellow finished third to Sibton Abbey on unsuitably soft ground in the Hennessy last month , and Doumen ( above ) expects faster going for the £75,000 Boxing Day showpiece . |
| 25 | At Rouen , he finished third , a lap down , and at Brands Hatch , crucified by the pain in his wrist and driving mostly one-handed , the best he could do was sixth place . |
| 26 | The 30-year-old Spaniard finished the final timed section near Dumfries 2min 16sec clear of second-placed Ari Vatanen and , most significantly , streets ahead of big rival Juha Kankkunen , who finished third . |
| 27 | Perhaps the biggest challenge will come from Katjza Seizinger , the 21-year-old German , who won the World Cup downhill title and finished third overall . |
| 28 | MARK Blundell produced the race of his life in South Africa today when he finished third on his debut with the Ligier Renault team behind triple world champions Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna . |
| 29 | Destefani won the Unlimited Gold in 1987 , had disappointing years in 1988 and 1989 , finished third in 1990 and a close second in 1991 . |
| 30 | Tony Rickardsson cruised through to the Nordic Final stage of the World Championship when he finished third in the three-leg Swedish heats last week . |