Example sentences of "had take second " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 2 | However , religious identity had taken second place to secular nationalism for a whole generation . |
| 3 | A senior manager agreed that because of staff shortages in the flat , planning and development for the women had taken second place to ‘ keeping people afloat ’ . |
| 4 | David Copperfield had taken second place to Great Expectations . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't intend running so quickly early in the race , ’ admitted Hudspith , whose training had taken second place to his studies . |
| 6 | Indeed global trade liberalization soon had to take second place to the search for regional solutions — notably in Europe . |