Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] [num ord] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | The selectors feel she has already earned her passage to Barcelona , having last summer finished second in the Europa Cup , ninth in the World Championships , and moved to fifth place in the world all-time 10,000 metres rankings . |
| 2 | Poor Owen Rowlands , the first-day leader , had slumped to a 76 and dropped to sixth place . |
| 3 | Cadbury has a ten per cent share by value of the European chocolate market , and lies in fifth place behind Nestlé , Mars , Suchard and Ferrero . |
| 4 | The Yorkshireman , riding Milton , had a disastrous second round , after a first round clear , and crashed to 14th place — just one place above his brother Michael . |
| 5 | ‘ We are now 11th and aiming for sixth place . ’ |
| 6 | In second place was G Messenger with a codling and a school bass for a total of 3lb 8oz and running into third place was K Messenger ( 10oz . ) |
| 7 | Gustavsson made the leading group 1.5km from the finish and went on to outsprint Blyth and Rohr for first place , a brilliant recovery from a dismal start . |
| 8 | The Ulster veterans also retained their title beating Leinster 5–2 in the final match but the U-21 squad lost 6–0 to Leinster and finished in second place . |
| 9 | Palace had an excellent second half to the season , climbed out of danger and finished in 11th place . |
| 10 | The Alliance was particularly successful in the industrial south , winning around 60 per cent of the vote in the five most southerly constituencies , whereas in East Berlin it won only 22 per cent and finished in third place . |
| 11 | Similarly the many Mexicans looking simply to cast an anti-government vote supported the left , which stood a greater chance of winning and emerged in second place amid evidence of substantial fraud by the government . |
| 12 | Deciding to take care of the fuel later , Berger pitted for tyres on lap 35 and rejoined in third place . |