Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They owed much to their New Zealand coach , Murray Kidd , for a 20–9 victory which put them a point ahead of the rest , Shannon being thrust down to second place . |
| 2 | Detective short stories are still produced , but they have been thrust firmly into second place , both in the minds of writers and readers , by the crime short story . |
| 3 | The leading bunch was led in for second place by Jacek Mickiewicz of Poland with another Australian , Grant Rice , third . |
| 4 | The story is now taken up at second hand . |
| 5 | After serving an apprenticeship in Formula Three , he had recently been signed up as second driver by Dalgety , a leading Formula One team . |
| 6 | In the big race … the womens championships … the favourite Andrea Whitcombe who was out to win for a record equalling third year in a row was beaten in to second place by Lisa York of Leicester … they raced for nearly four miles and at the finish there was just three seconds between them |
| 7 | According to the latest Gallup snapshot survey , the Tories have edged back into second place , ahead of the Liberal Democrats but well behind Labour . |
| 8 | Money cascaded on to Henry Cecil 's filly , including one individual bet of £50,000 to £55,000 , but in the end she was even edged out of second place by Line Of Thunder . |
| 9 | Vauxhall just held on to second spot ahead of Rover with 24,376 sales to Rover 's 23,251 . |
| 10 | Gooch , though , England 's loyal and reliable banker , went for his second modest score of the match , a choker of a dismissal in that he was held down at second slip at 3.43pm , three minutes into interval time . |