Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oates and team-mate Richard Longman finished second in class of an aggregated result at the end of the two legs . |
| 2 | Half an hour previously , Captive Audience had run to the best of his ability in the lads ' race , plugging on one-paced up the Sandown hill to take second place . |
| 3 | Peter Little won the race and Andy Pitts came second , but I had beaten three others who had originally been selected ahead of me , including Cameron Sharp , who the following year was to have a great outdoor season . |
| 4 | The fleet of balloons studding the Swindon skyline took second place to the collision but the organisers were trying to get a message across . |
| 5 | In fact , Labour 's Maggie Cosin came second , with 23.7 per cent of the vote , 343 votes ahead of the Liberal Democrats . |
| 6 | Such incidents might have caused Sir Bernard to have second thoughts about the system ; but he defends it with passion . |
| 7 | As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other . |
| 8 | In racing terms the going was good for the championships which were split into four age groups … in all of them the start was like a cavalry charge as they ran off to tackle the 6000 metre long course … the best local performance came in the girls race where Nicky Slater from carterton who runs in the Radley colours came second … |
| 9 | Picture Editor Stephen Shakeshaft took second place in this category . |
| 10 | ‘ Since when has the interest of the United States come second , Pat ? ’ |
| 11 | But they were ultimately dashed when China insisted that Hong Kong diplomats take second place to British representatives , thus demoting the views of the colony and effectively limiting the talks to the Britain and China . |
| 12 | Clint Eastwood came second . |
| 13 | She teamed up with Sandra Douglas , Phylis Smith and Jennifer Stoute to take second place in the semis behind the CIS . |
| 14 | Category three saw Jasper Sharpe outreach everyone to gain 127 points and he looks favourite for an overall winner ; Gareth Parry came second and Simon Scully was third . |
| 15 | Marchon and Sunderland Flo-Gas came second and third in the Wearside League section , but half a street behind . |
| 16 | TV star Bill Cosby comes second with almost £200 million but even singer Michael Jackson only makes it to No 7 , according to black newspaper The Weekly Journal . |
| 17 | Clubmate Stewart Raven finished second in the competition for Under-17s and in the Under-15 contest , Robin Knight came third and Ipswich School sabreur Alisdair Cullen won the plate . |
| 18 | I hope Darlington Transport have second thoughts on the matter . |
| 19 | Ian Charnock swam a record time and Ali Wright and Keith Dickinson came second and third behind him . |
| 20 | Behind Fletcher and Erwin in class two , Robert Jameson and Ivor Copeland took second place as well as sixth overall in their Sierra . |
| 21 | The overall circuit winner remained Jeremy Bates who had achieved 38 ATP points out of a possible 40 , with Chris Wilkinson placed second with 37 . |
| 22 | The Ferrari of Gerhard Berger finished second , 26 seconds ahead of Alain Prost 's McLaren . |
| 23 | At the beginning of last month , the Cambridge , Massachusetts company reported second quarter net losses of $25.1m , after $20.5m restructuring charges , against profits of $1m last time . |
| 24 | SCOT Mark Maclean upset second seed Rodney Martin 8-15 , 11-15 , 15-13 , 17-16 , 17-15 in the Pakistan squash Open in Karachi . |
| 25 | AS CYRIX GEARS TO SHOW SECOND GENERATION Cx486 |
| 26 | Great Britain 's Anni MacDonald-Hall came second on Floriano . |
| 27 | The Station also won the Team prize , while John Thompson came second in the Van Driver of the Year Contest . |
| 28 | The East Lothian station also won the Team prize , while John Thomas came second in the Van Driver of the Year contest . |