Example sentences of "[vb past] him [prep] [num ord] place " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The winner on the day was Francois Lombard — a result which took him to third place overall in the championships .
3 Ian Wiley of Ireland had a time some 3 seconds faster than the winner but his 5 second penalty for touching a gate put him in 4th place overall .
4 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 ) .
5 Miguel was his usual self and his efficiency left him in fifth place .
6 Cottrell 's 82 left him in fifth place , along with Tim Paterson of Letherhead , with his Cheshire captain Phil Bailey of Caldy and another Cheshire player Gareth Bradley of Bramhall in a group on 302 .
7 Mark Roe was altogether more scathing about the problem after a first round of 85 which left him in last place in the field .
8 Stewart gave the car its first win at Zandvoort , and victories at the Nurburgring , by a staggering four minutes , and at Watkins Glen ensured him of second place in the championship to his former team-mate Hill .
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