Example sentences of "[verb] into third place " in BNC.

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1 Wattana , who moved into third place , could overtake Hendry and Davis at the top if he wins his two matches in hand .
2 New Zealander Greg Turner moved into third place on 13 under with a birdie , his sixth of the day , at the last .
3 Holders Sweden moved into third place at 11 under , while Wales are joint fourth with Australia a shot further back .
4 Chertsey , 4–0 winners at Bracknell , have moved into third place and brought their goals total for the season to 93 .
5 The Liberal Democrats were pushed into third place in most seats , and failed to win their target constituencies of Hereford and Birmingham Yardley .
6 Mr Peter Allen , the Liberal Democrat candidate was pushed into third place with about 8,400 votes .
7 With Llanelli held to a draw , Neath took the opportunity to leapfrog into third place with a 27–15 home win over South Wales Police .
8 SHILDON Strollers retained their leadership of the Durham Second Division at a canter when a weakened Wingate failed to offer any real threat despite the incentive of moving into third place with a win that would have toppled the home team from the No 1 spot .
9 Norman Ferguson slotted into third place , ahead of former Northern Ireland champion Robert Dickson .
10 MIDDLESBROUGH suffered a major blow to their promotion hopes when they spurned the chance to climb into third place .
11 However , Santiago 's early lead was due to heavy support in and around the Manila area , and as the count progressed , the unofficial returns showed her having slipped into third place behind Ramos and Cojuangco .
12 In second place was G Messenger with a codling and a school bass for a total of 3lb 8oz and running into third place was K Messenger ( 10oz . )
13 It sealed a comfortable victory and sent Rovers soaring into third place in the table .
14 Once again McNab paid tribute to the old guard who have seen Tranmere soar into third place in the First Division the highest placing in the club 's history .
15 But Paul Ince who was the driving force of this victory , which lifted United into third place , warned the Frenchman : ‘ He did some lovely things and he can do the flicks all day if we are winning , but if were losing he 's got to get his foot stuck in .
16 Australian John Fahey , who won this year 's Pacific League and also received a special award for having competed in 100 World Cup qualifiers , went into third place in the speed warm-up with a rousing gallop of Tony Barlow Sorrento .
17 I say that on behalf of the party he beat as opposed to the one that he put into third place — the Conservative party , which was marginalised in that by-election .
18 In two by-elections held in Bradford North and in Bootle on Nov. 8 the Labour Party increased its share of the vote , with the Conservative candidate in Bradford being forced into third place behind the Liberal Democrat .
19 Clouthier pulled in 17 per cent of the vote , falling into third place .
20 Labour leaders were quick to praise Mr Kinnock 's achievement in pulling the party back from the brink of disintegration in 1983 , when it was almost beaten into third place .
21 Odds-on favourite last time at Haydock , he was narrowly beaten into third place , but tomorrow should prove third time lucky .
22 The crushing defeat of the NDP raised questions as to the political future of Haynes — once commonly described as " the second most powerful man in Barbados " — who was beaten into third place in his own constituency .
23 Labour held Hemsworth , where the Conservatives were beaten into third place by the Liberal Democrats .
24 The Labour candidate was beaten into third place with only 12 per cent .
25 In the event Clinton won the New York contest comfortably , and saw Brown beaten into third place by Paul Tsongas who had already withdrawn from the contest .
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