Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its one and only race was 1966 British Grand Prix where Trevor Taylor lined it up on 18th place on the grid and retired during the very first lap . |
| 2 | That dropped me down from second place . ’ |
| 3 | When Peter the Great gave up the first Russian fleet in southern waters after being disastrously defeated by the Turks in 1711 , he said that " The Lord God drove me out of this place , like Adam out of paradise " . |
| 4 | Jockey Helen Brennan broke her back in five places after falling from her horse . |
| 5 | Adrian Hill , the former Cheshire match play champion from Bramhall , who turned professional last year , has also won through after an indifferent first season on the European Challenge Tour , which saw him back in 100th place in the order with earnings of just over £4,000 . |
| 6 | Thereafter the company of the other horses kept him on course , and a bad mistake at the water jump on the second circuit worked to Mandarin 's advantage , as it put him back to fifth place and gave him horses to follow . |
| 7 | That put us in about 15–20th place — — quite handy . |