Example sentences of "came [art] [adj] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a Mitsubishi dealer , I 'd remind you that this car won the 1989 Lombard RAC Rally and came a close second last year . |
| 2 | British Telecom partly-paid came a close second , volumes hitting 53m as the shares firmed 19 to 1191/2 ( after touching 126p ) . |
| 3 | Uncle Nick came a close second , Robin and Jenny joint thirds ; thinking of them all , Ruth ached with homesickness . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Unfortunately that was n't to be , I er we came a good second but there you go . |
| 8 | The Irish may have scored socially but they came a poor second on the field because , says DON CAMERON , they were not prepared for the speed and the impact of the N.Z. game . |
| 9 | ‘ Then I found out that I came a poor second to the real love of her life — money . |
| 10 | On the river the Emma Louise was making good speed … but at five mph , she came a worthy second … |
| 11 | In NME , it came a bad second to Cliff Richard 's sore throat and his summer season at the Palace Theatre , London . |