Example sentences of "[verb] they into [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | They won one , in South Paddington , and cost official Conservative candidates the seat in several more , often driving them into third place . |
| 2 | Oxford 's two-one win at home to Peterborough lifted them into sixteenth place in the First Division . |
| 3 | Gunners boss George Graham refused to get carried away with his side 's fifth successive League victory , which lifted them into third place . |
| 4 | A good showing by Lyles put them into second place on 233 points while Reyburns , one of the fancied teams , did not live up to expectations and finished third on 210 points . |
| 5 | Got them into this place . |
| 6 | But Everton 's recent success this season hoisted them into second place — and Johnston 's Goodison story may not be over yet . |
| 7 | West Ham on a mini-revival , the win moves them into 10th place , I believe . |
| 8 | In the ten ‘ three-way ’ marginals — in which they were the main challengers just ahead of Labour — Labour won one ( Cambridge ) and pushed them into third place in another seven . |