Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [num ord] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the owner was excluded from the common knowledge at Kempton that day : that her horse had been wrestled into second place by an apprentice who could n't anticipate the obvious . |
| 2 | Mattan , who had taken over the yellow jersey from Lillywhite in Leicester on Saturday , started yesterday 33 seconds ahead of Lillywhite but had dropped to fourth place overall by the end of the day . |
| 3 | Poor Owen Rowlands , the first-day leader , had slumped to a 76 and dropped to sixth place . |
| 4 | IN WHAT is becoming a very fast ride across the wastes of the Southern Ocean , Lawrie Smith 's Rothmans has moved into second place in the Whitbread Round the World Race . |
| 5 | Lawrie Smith 's Rothmans has moved into second place in the Whitbread Round the World Race . |
| 6 | Bohunt have moved into second place in the division , but are 65 points behind Grange ‘ A ’ with two matches each to play . |
| 7 | Alex Ferguson 's title favourites moved into second place , just three points behind Norwich and look a generous bet at their new odds of 7-4 . |
| 8 | In North Division moved into second place with a 24–12 win Hartlepool whose outstanding player , full back Marty Saunders , scored a consolation try , Alan Calvert adding the conversion and two penalties . |
| 9 | Thornton Rangers moved into second place in division three when they defeated Sunblest 20 , John Thomas and Brian Hoare scoring , while John Hillier hit a hattrick for Jawbone in a 4-2 win over Racecourse . |
| 10 | And as United moved into fifth place , with the help of a rare Paul Ince strike , the Welsh centre-forward said : ‘ Eric 's arrival has affected the whole club — not just the attacking players . |
| 11 | Northern Ireland have now moved into fourth place in the Group Three table , and Bingham said : ‘ I want to finish the series on a high note and obtain as many points as possible to consolidate our FIFA grading position for future tournaments . ’ |
| 12 | Chertsey , 4–0 winners at Bracknell , have moved into third place and brought their goals total for the season to 93 . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , as viewers discovered , John and Pam were pipped into second place , but they would n't have missed the experience for anything . |
| 14 | The MIR-ADN alliance failed to win La Paz , being pushed into second place by the Conscience of the Fatherland party ( Conciencia de Patria — CONDEPA ) ; the National Revolutionary Movement ( Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario ( Histórico ) — MNR ) came third . |
| 15 | Chairman , instead of primarily addressing the issues of overspending on the education budget and the future of the elderly persons ' homes and also the securing of a secure unit these are pushed into second place when the Labour group can see the opportunity of headline grabbing and satisfying their overriding need to tell everyone how to live . |
| 16 | The Liberal Democrats were pushed into third place in most seats , and failed to win their target constituencies of Hereford and Birmingham Yardley . |
| 17 | Mr Peter Allen , the Liberal Democrat candidate was pushed into third place with about 8,400 votes . |
| 18 | Which is what she should have done in first place . |
| 19 | It found that in the 3 years since the first survey , crime had moved from third place to the top of people ‘ s list of problems affecting their neighbourhood . |
| 20 | He was the latest in a long line of seasoned golfers to contract the yips and as a direct result slumped to 51st place on the Order of Merit . |
| 21 | This time stroke play was used with first place going to Eddie , second to Andy White and third to Ian McCulloch . |
| 22 | Jose-Maria Olazabal , one of five players who finished equal 72nd in a field of 78 at New Orleans , has jumped into second place . |
| 23 | There were also problems with the semi-automatic gearbox and a broken constant-velocity joint , so much so that Mansell was eased into fourth place on the grid by a very impressive lap from his team mate . |
| 24 | On a much more optimistic note , the European Open marked a change in fortunes for Sandy Lyle — he finished tied for 8th place on 284 — and also saw Russell Claydon in fine form on his professional debut in the British Isles . |
| 25 | Three bureau tied for second place by delivering on the 19th ; P's & Q's , The Setting Studio and The Last Word . |
| 26 | It is a tall order for someone so new to the professional ranks , but one which could never be construed as being beyond a competitor who , as an amateur , tied for second place behind Greg Norman in the Australian Masters at Huntingdale at the start of this season and who also finished in the top 10 in the English Open at The Belfry . |
| 27 | She was still able to play in the event and eventually finished tied for second place behind Beth daniel . |
| 28 | She careered across the finish line minus her skis but was still credited with fourth place behind winner Carole Merle of France . |
| 29 | That could change on a technicality if , as seems likely , Aliysa is disqualified from first place in the Oaks for having traces of camphor in her system . |
| 30 | Kelly finished fourth overall , ousted from second place by Mottet and Wegmuller , and came close to losing the King of the Mountains honour . |