Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [num ord] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Motherwell should beat Partick at Fir Park to leapfrog into ninth place while in the battle of Brockville the losers of the Falkirk v Airdrie match will , realistically , have little chance of avoiding the drop . |
| 2 | With Llanelli held to a draw , Neath took the opportunity to leapfrog into third place with a 27–15 home win over South Wales Police . |
| 3 | This allowed German Michael Schumacher to sweep into second place in his Camel Benetton Ford with Hill third and Gerhard Berger fourth for Ferrari . |
| 4 | MIDDLESBROUGH suffered a major blow to their promotion hopes when they spurned the chance to climb into third place . |
| 5 | That enabled Senna to qualify in fifth place and on race day his tactical mastery helped him to victory for a record sixth time , Alain Prost had been penalised for jumping the start . |
| 6 | After throwing 60.70 metres to qualify in eighth place , she confessed : ‘ That 's the hardest semi-final I 've encountered in my entire career . |
| 7 | Defending champion Hall produced two steady rounds of 77 and 78 to qualify in sixth place . |
| 8 | Dig in they might … but after a worthy battle , the ground finally slipped away beneath them and had to settle for second place . |
| 9 | The French managed three tries in all , but still had to settle for second place in the five nations championship ; the final score at Twickenham ; twenty one , nineteen . |
| 10 | Above right : British hopeful Ben Moon , who had to settle for fifth place . |
| 11 | In a large field he did not have the clearest of runs as he challenged as a result of which he finished fast but too late having to settle for fourth place to the Ebor winner Quick Ransom . |
| 12 | Britain 's talented twosome both had to settle for sixth place in their respective finals . |
| 13 | It was a double blow for the courageous Welshman , with he and partner Mark Mouland having to settle for third place in the team event , which was won by America after Fred Couples and Davis Love both birdied the final hole to beat Sweden by one stroke . |
| 14 | Jerry Peel was pre-event favourite in this over-40s competition , but had to settle for third place behind Peter Black and Dave Barton after failing to read the last move . |
| 15 | Wachter had to settle for third place in the race after Italy 's Deborah Compagnoni produced one of her best performances of the season . |
| 16 | Young Malcolm Smith was provisionally given a place in the final but had to settle for 10th place after some deliberation . |
| 17 | Ireland 's David Feherty carded a final round 68 to finish in third place , just two off the pace . |
| 18 | DENMARK scraped a narrow but precious 1–0 over Albania in Tirana yesterday to stay in second place in Group Three . |
| 19 | Alan Igglesden took five for 41 as Kent beat Leicestershire by an innings and 138 runs at Grace Road to move into second place , 25 points behind championship leaders Essex . |
| 20 | Abergele boosted their Division Two title prospects with a maximum points mauling of bottom team Menai Bridge to move into second place . |
| 21 | Hartlepool have a chance to move into seventh place when they play Stockport County at Victoria Ground tonight . |
| 22 | Warrington Town 4 Alfreton Town 2 : Gavin McDonald was on target twice as Warrington returned to winning form to move into seventh place in the HFS first division . |
| 23 | David Platt 's Juventus recovered from a bad defeat at Inter last week by thrashing Ancona 5–1 to move into fourth place . |
| 24 | Britain 's Roger Clark took on the blizzard conditions in the Lombard London-Sydney Marathon today to move into fourth place . |
| 25 | Birchwood 's Derrick Cooper picked up over £8,000 to move to 55th place in the Volvo Order of Merit when he shot 68–70–68–73 for a share of 15th place in the Dunhill Masters . |
| 26 | Edwards , a 26-year-old medical scientist , jumped 17.26 metres in the first round to move to third place on the world outdoor rankings for 1992 , behind Frank Rutherford of the Bahamas ( 17.41 metres ) and German Ralf Jaros ( 17.28 ) . |