Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [num ord] place and " in BNC.

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1 But the 28-year-old Heinzer hung in for second place and another Austrian veteran , Peter Wirnsberger , for third .
2 The early running was made by the 100–1 outsider City Scandal , who after two furlongs conceded the lead to Shikampur , with Pinza in about sixth place and Aureole unable to take up a handy position .
3 The French were back in 6th place and the applause died as they crossed the line .
4 Thereafter the company of the other horses kept him on course , and a bad mistake at the water jump on the second circuit worked to Mandarin 's advantage , as it put him back to fifth place and gave him horses to follow .
5 I ran sluggishly and on the line I was caught by the East German Olaf Prenzler , the defending champion , shunted back to fifth place and out of the final .
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