Example sentences of "[vb past] fifth " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Japan ranked fifth with 6.1% . |
| 2 | In fact on the basis worked out for the seedings , we came fifth out of six . ’ |
| 3 | In fact on the basis worked out for the seedings , we came fifth out of six . ’ |
| 4 | Within 18 months of taking up the sport , she was timed at 11.20 and 22.74 for the sprints , won medals in the Pan American Games and came fifth in the World Cup . |
| 5 | Prince Philip and Prince Edward , on board their 38ft Yeoman XXVIII , came fifth in their race . |
| 6 | My right hon. and learned Friend will know that school children in my borough of Havering came fifth overall in the national listings . |
| 7 | Hagley finished 12 seconds outside Emlyn Roberts ' course record but one record did fall , with Don Williams , who came fifth overall , taking a minute off the previous best for in the over-50 class . |
| 8 | He then ended up on the floor twice at Fairyhouse and Punchestown before he ran against championship class when he filled fifth place behind General Idea in the Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas . |
| 9 | After a round trip of almost 1000 miles , Ringaskiddy from Cork , playing in their first season in Grade 3 , took a well deserved fifth place . |
| 10 | Bedfordshire finished fifth last season but now boast a squad of talented young players , including the England vice-captain , Kendra Lowe , and Vicky Cox . |
| 11 | The following season he was back at the Festival as favourite for the Gold Cup , but soft going and the distance of three and a quarter miles proved his undoing , and he finished fifth . |
| 12 | By the spring of 1956 Devon Loch , now a ten-year-old but lightly raced , was clearly a serious candidate for the Grand National : he had won two good chases the previous autumn and finished fifth in the King George VI Chase to Limber Hill . |
| 13 | CAPTAIN DIBBLE , a novice who finished fifth in last month 's Sun Alliance Chase , belied his inexperience when landing the William Hill Scottish National at Ayr . |
| 14 | Britain 's best performance was produced by Paul Evans , the Barcelona Olympics reserve , who finished fifth in 2–10–36 , 13 places ahead of Steve Brace ( 2–14–11 ) , who has been pre-selected for the Games . |
| 15 | Last year 's four , who finished fifth in Vienna , are likely to be chosen again . |
| 16 | I had run in the trials for the European Junior Championships and finished fifth in the 100 metres in 10.6 seconds , wind assisted . |
| 17 | The previous year when she finished fifth she discovered she had been pregnant when taking part . |
| 18 | Manchester United keeper Peter Schmeichel finished fifth but there were no British players in the top 10 . |
| 19 | That was Jackie 's third championship in the bag and there was to be only one more race for him , his ninety-ninth , in Canada , where he finished fifth . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't know much about Kaiserslautern , except that they finished fifth last season and were champions the year before , but we will certainly have them watched . ’ |
| 21 | BRITAIN 'S Samantha Purvis finished fifth in the consolation final of the women 's 200 metres butterfly in a time two and a half seconds slower than her British record . |
| 22 | Ian Baker-Finch also featured , finished fifth in the putting averages with 1.754 putts per hole . |
| 23 | Stephen finished fifth overall in last year 's championship and although he won this round at the circuit last year , he will face tough competition from the mainland entrants . |
| 24 | Hawkins from Bingley is the reigning British champion , livesey finished fifth at Knockdhu last year while Kinch was runner-up at the second race of the British championship in Wales two weeks ago . |
| 25 | Déchamps , whose first-round opponents included an official PCF candidate who finished fifth , had himself been PCF mayor from 1965 until March 1990 , but had then been expelled for " racist remarks " ( for which a Paris court fined him F10,000 — US$2,000 — on Jan. 23 ) . |
| 26 | His younger brother Duncan , is a fellow competitor who finished fifth overall , putting him four places ahead . |
| 27 | Swindon finished fifth Leicester sixth … on equal points … but if anything City have been a bogie team … |
| 28 | That could see Walsall , who finished fifth in the third division , go up and Halifax , who finished bottom of the table , stay in the League after all . |
| 29 | Another Briton , Martin Brundle , driving a Ligier , finished fifth , collecting points for his team for the third time in four races , and Austrian Karl Wendlinger finished sixth in a Sauber . |
| 30 | He finished fifth in the Milk Race , only 37 seconds behind winner Chris Lillywhite . |