Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] 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 CASTLEFORD moved to third place , beating BRADFORD 30–20 — their second win in 14 days over their championship rivals .
5 Sean Yates produced one of Britain 's best results with 13th place , after he cramped in the last 200 yards when sprinting for third place .
6 Chertsey , 4–0 winners at Bracknell , have moved into third place and brought their goals total for the season to 93 .
7 The Liberal Democrats were pushed into third place in most seats , and failed to win their target constituencies of Hereford and Birmingham Yardley .
8 Mr Peter Allen , the Liberal Democrat candidate was pushed into third place with about 8,400 votes .
9 It found that in the 3 years since the first survey , crime had moved from third place to the top of people ‘ s list of problems affecting their neighbourhood .
10 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 .
11 Widnes lie in third place , three points behind leaders Toft who beat Urmston by 22 runs and one point behind Didsbury who won by four wickets at Cheadle Hulme .
12 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 .
13 Norman Ferguson slotted into third place , ahead of former Northern Ireland champion Robert Dickson .
14 Claire took part in the European Junior Masters in Brussels in May , a tournament held for national champions , where she finished in third place .
15 Ewing and McCracken now have 41 points in the championship , four more than Fletcher and Erwin who share second place with Alan McCann and Philip Murray who finished in third place last night .
16 Wrexham finished in third place overall with 167 points , behind Rotherham ( 231 ) and Preston ( 215 ) .
17 In 1987 the Long Gilt future accounted for more than half the trades on LIFFE but , while still trading strongly , it had been relegated to third place by 1990 , having been outstripped by both the new German Government bond ( " Bund " ) contract and the Short Sterling contract in importance .
18 The East German won , the Frenchman came second and Allan qualified in third place .
19 But Pond Pavarotti , which qualified in third place , is up against second favourite to win the classic , Glengar Ranger , and another top notcher , Taringar Bay .
20 The Liberal Democrats on 20 per cent remain in third place .
21 MIDDLESBROUGH suffered a major blow to their promotion hopes when they spurned the chance to climb into third place .
22 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 .
23 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 . )
24 He was followed by Hep Porter in Wagner Solution , Sitting Duck , and 1990 Gold race winner Jim Miller flew to third place in JM-2 No 14 Pushy Cat at 231.012mph .
25 It was a double blow for the courageous Welshman , with he and partner Mark Mouland having to settle for third place in the team event , which was won by America after Fred Couples and Davis Love both birdied the final hole to beat Sweden by one stroke .
26 Jerry Peel was pre-event favourite in this over-40s competition , but had to settle for third place behind Peter Black and Dave Barton after failing to read the last move .
27 Wachter had to settle for third place in the race after Italy 's Deborah Compagnoni produced one of her best performances of the season .
28 It sealed a comfortable victory and sent Rovers soaring into third place in the table .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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