Example sentences of "come second " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the face of such prowess , Vauxhall 's sleek coupe can only come second . |
| 2 | Should England come second they would then go to Genoa to play the runners-up from Group B , who are more likely to be Argentina or the Soviet Union than Romania or Cameroun , although this does look the toughest , tightest group of all . |
| 3 | Under fire from referees for his comments as a defence witness at Salisbury Crown Court last week , Kelly retorted : ‘ When someone is facing a prison sentence and all the immediate trauma that it involves for his family , I believe the sensitivities of referees should come second rather than first . ’ |
| 4 | You play to win or you 'll always come second . |
| 5 | In so doing it suggested a small but distinct improvement on that model : the party-list vote should be the first on the ballot paper , not the second as it is in West Germany , and the constituency vote should come second instead of first . |
| 6 | But personal interests may come second behind political realities for most , especially for Representatives , whose term of office is two years only . |
| 7 | Drink , a quarrel or even illness would always come second with her . |
| 8 | Did n't you come second in that ? |
| 9 | I should say that for us revenue services , ordinary database services do come first keeping the tax level does come second and the prestige projects , even rather good ones like the market square project definitely come third . |
| 10 | But erm you can always come second . |