Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] into [adj] place " in BNC.
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1 | Oxford 's two-one win at home to Peterborough lifted them into sixteenth place in the First Division . |
2 | Gunners boss George Graham refused to get carried away with his side 's fifth successive League victory , which lifted them into third place . |
3 | It 's your thinking that got you into this place ! ’ |
4 | The original Model X ( NR49V ) was known also as the Cirrus Derby Racer and Lowell Bayles flew it into second Place in the 1930 All-America Derby . |
5 | The following March Bob Champion rode him into third place behind Alverton in 1979 the Cheltenham Gold Cup ( at 40–1 ) and the month after that Aldaniti ran second to Fighting Fit in the Scottish National at Ayr . |
6 | It was not her first transatlantic flight , as she was in the French team last autumn in Washington , New York and Toronto , where Miss Ledermann rode her into second place in the World Cup round , behind Britain 's Tina Cassan and Genesis . |
7 | But Everton 's recent success this season hoisted them into second place — and Johnston 's Goodison story may not be over yet . |
8 | Yet his storming finish carried him into third place , a head and 1 ½ lengths behind two super-fit hurdlers , Cruising Altitude ( rec 6lb ) and Nomadic Way ( rec 10lb ) . |
9 | 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 . |