Example sentences of "come [art] close [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite having come a close second to every junior side in the county at least once over the years , as the senior side in the tournament it is hardly surprising that Athletico should have done remarkably well . |
| 2 | As a Mitsubishi dealer , I 'd remind you that this car won the 1989 Lombard RAC Rally and came a close second last year . |
| 3 | British Telecom partly-paid came a close second , volumes hitting 53m as the shares firmed 19 to 1191/2 ( after touching 126p ) . |
| 4 | Uncle Nick came a close second , Robin and Jenny joint thirds ; thinking of them all , Ruth ached with homesickness . |
| 5 | From left were Peter Marshall of Pitman Publishing ( third , 1.71 days ) ; Wendy Edge of International Thomson ( who came a close second with 1.68 days , and appeared to be very much the people 's choice ) ; Colin Marshall of Leicester University Bookshop ( who was responsible for collating the results and who collected the award on behalf of the absent Butterworth Law ) ; and Derek Hall of Addison-Wesley ( fourth , 1.72 days ) . |
| 6 | The Democratic Left Alliance , a party of former Communists , came a close second to the post-Solidarity party of former Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki , the Democratic Union . |
| 7 | She says the Liberal Democrats came a close second last time and believes the mood on the ground is one of dissatisfaction with the Conservatives which will give her the swing needed to gain the seat . |
| 8 | Sea bream , with shallot and red wine sauce , comes a close second in the restaurant . |
| 9 | Acid House comes a close second to football fans in the tabloids ' top ten of moral panics . |
| 10 | The rose family ( Rosaceae ) comes a close second and the Scrophulariaceae , of which mullein and eyebright are members , is another . |
| 11 | That comes a close second after ‘ shamus ’ as my least favourite euphemism . |
| 12 | Berkshire comes a close second . |
| 13 | Berkshire comes a close second . |