Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [prep] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prices have wildly exceeded estimates for second rate pieces . |
| 2 | They might well have had experience at second hand of Russian trade goods , and thus have resolved to pay tribute to obtain these benefits . |
| 3 | See our big red cruising home to win six consecutive legs and the joy of her Kiwi skipper Peter Blake who had finally won the Whitbread after 17 years and four previous attempts , and the disappointment of the Rothmans and Merit teams who had constantly locked horns for second place during the nine month voyage . |
| 4 | The other architects to be awarded prizes for Second Empire designs on the War Department list were Botrel d'Hazeville , whose grand scheme resembling the Louvre was given second place ; John Thomas Rochead , whose design united the two offices in an ornate single building with high-roofed corner pavilions , was awarded third place ; the brothers , Edward and William Habershon , whose scheme for one large building with prominent central and corner pavilions and mansard roofs , around a central quadrangle , was given one of the fifth equal places ; along with John Dwyer , whose treatment was very similar to Rochead 's , but less ornate . |
| 5 | The men had a good one length win over Galway who had earlier beaten BRC into second place in the Senior Eights . |
| 6 | has shoved Mr into second place . |