Example sentences of "took third " in BNC.

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1 Jim Payne , 21 , who turned professional after last year 's Walker Cup , took third prize of £14,000 after a 69 for 289 with Essex 's Paul Curry ( 73 ) , Derbyshire 's Mark Roe ( 72 ) and Argentina 's Eduardo Romero ( 73 ) joint fourth on 291 for £9,533 prizes .
2 Veteran Australian Cheyne Horan took third place , while Tahiti 's Vetea ‘ Poto ’ David , a popular favourite with the crowd , who stylishly hot-dogged the biggest waves on the shortest board , was only narrowly pushed into second .
3 Former British Boys and Youths Champion James Cook ( Leamington Spa ) took third place .
4 The race formed a part of the Essex Walking League and Joggers took third place and 134 points to remain third overall behind Ilford and Southend .
5 Kriss Akabusi doubled his collection to two bronzes as our 4x400 relay world champions took third place behind the world-record breaking United States
6 Richie Fatterson took the runner-up spot with 71 , and Simon Nadin took third place with 30 — he also came last due to the low turnout .
7 The RUC with new Pipe Major Mark Faloon must have been well encouraged when their ‘ C ’ set took third on 60 .
8 Carrickfergus band Woodburne had a promising start to the season and took third .
9 The candidate who took third place in the first round , however , Manandafy Rakotonirina , was expected to stand down in favour of Zafy .
10 Ivo Bizjak of the Christian Democratic Party ( SKD ) came second with 21 per cent , and Jelko Kacin of the Democratic Party ( DS ) took third place with 7 per cent .
11 Andrew Kittle took third place in his Ralt .
12 Australia 's Daman McDonald took third place at the line ahead of Jerzy Sikora , of Poland , Britannia amateur team rider Ian Wright and Australia 's Patrick Jonker .
13 Colin Montgomerie , who took third place at Pebble Beach last year , was a late starter on the first official practice day after finishing 12 shots behind Vijay Singh in the Buick Classic .
14 Labour took third place just 2,000 votes behind the winner and John Scott , a Stockton councillor , is the Labour man again .
15 Earlier this year he took third prize for his leeks in the British Championship and scooped the top prize in the Welsh Onion Championship .
16 Wirral 's Barry McGuigan took third place in the over 60 category and there were good individual performances from Warrington 's Les Williams , Mike Frayne ( Helsby ) and Eddie Murphy ( St Helens-Sutton ) .
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