Example sentences of "finished just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fignon , who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 , and finished just eight seconds behind Greg Lemond this year , failed the test after his team , Super U , placed second in the Grand Prix de la Liberation in Eindhoven on 17 September . |
| 2 | He finished just as Eddie arrived . |
| 3 | At Hockenheim , the roles were reversed and for all Lauda 's efforts , he finished just behind Prost . |
| 4 | 2.35:KEEN Hunter finished just two lengths runner-up to Mr Brooks in the Prix l'Abbaye at Longchamp on Arc weekend , but is worth opposing over today 's extra furlong . |
| 5 | ‘ He was nearly knocked down at Doncaster and finished just a neck behind Lochsong . |
| 6 | He also remarked that the loco was actually older than some parts of the cathedral : although the foundation stone was laid by the then Duke of Cornwall in May 1880 , the nave was not dedicated until 1903 , the year 3440 was built , and the tower finished just a matter of weeks before her hectic dash down Wellington Bank in May 1904 . |
| 7 | CHAMPIONS Chelmsford finished just 10 runs short of victory in the opening round of matches in this season 's Colour Assembly Essex League . |
| 8 | The earliest version of the Gesta , finished just after Fulk 's death in 1109 , was a stern warning to the young Fulk V. |
| 9 | He read the leading articles in less than five minutes , noticed the news of a friend 's death , and then settled down to solve a crossword puzzle in the Daily Telegraph , which he finished just as we steamed into Baker Street . |
| 10 | He started at 9.15 , finished just before 12 and when you think how much that time is worth , it says a lot . ’ |
| 11 | We finished just before we arrived at the main gate of the chateau . |
| 12 | Her Report , finished just before she left , is clearly written , well argued , and , I hope , gives us a good chance of receiving funding . |
| 13 | My teaching finished just before Easter , and on my way north I went to the national cycle rally , which was held in a motor camp near Blenheim over the long weekend . |
| 14 | Welshman Jackson , who finished just one-hundredth of a second outside his European record with a 7.42sec run in Sindelfingen last weekend , will have his Cardiff lodger , Canadian Olympic champion Mark McKoy , and America 's former double Olympic gold medallist Roger Kingdom to push him towards Greg Foster 's 7.36sec mark . |
| 15 | I want to see what happened , er , it finished just where he says that he 'd been accused of something . |