Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] place " in BNC.
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1 | Oxford 's two-one win at home to Peterborough lifted them into sixteenth place in the First Division . |
2 | Stewart gave the car its first win at Zandvoort , and victories at the Nurburgring , by a staggering four minutes , and at Watkins Glen ensured him of second place in the championship to his former team-mate Hill . |
3 | The following March Bob Champion rode him into third place behind Alverton in 1979 the Cheltenham Gold Cup ( at 40–1 ) and the month after that Aldaniti ran second to Fighting Fit in the Scottish National at Ayr . |
4 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
5 | Yet his storming finish carried him into third place , a head and 1 ½ lengths behind two super-fit hurdlers , Cruising Altitude ( rec 6lb ) and Nomadic Way ( rec 10lb ) . |
6 | But Everton 's recent success this season hoisted them into second place — and Johnston 's Goodison story may not be over yet . |
7 | Miguel was his usual self and his efficiency left him in fifth place . |
8 | The original Model X ( NR49V ) was known also as the Cirrus Derby Racer and Lowell Bayles flew it into second Place in the 1930 All-America Derby . |
9 | Ian Wiley of Ireland had a time some 3 seconds faster than the winner but his 5 second penalty for touching a gate put him in 4th place overall . |
10 | It was not her first transatlantic flight , as she was in the French team last autumn in Washington , New York and Toronto , where Miss Ledermann rode her into second place in the World Cup round , behind Britain 's Tina Cassan and Genesis . |