Example sentences of "finishing third " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nashwan won the Eclipse Stakes over the Champion Stakes distance at Sandown in July but was disappointing in the Group Two Prix Niel at Longchamp on his latest outing , finishing third to subsequent Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe flop Golden Pheasant . |
| 2 | Larry Perkins and Tomas Mezera underlined the Holden 's newfound competitiveness by finishing third , after being held in the pit lane when the race was under a yellow flag/pace car caution . |
| 3 | Heaven Can Wait , skippered by Harold Cudmore , led her group , finishing third overall on corrected time . |
| 4 | In a five-horse second jump-off , Sweden 's Maria Gretzer delighted the huge crowds by finishing third with the only other clear , on Marcoville . |
| 5 | Jack Berry 's colt , backed from 6–4 to 13–8 on before finishing third to Touch Silver in the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster , then ruined his chance with a slow start when going under by half a length to Key To My Heart at Hamilton Park last time . |
| 6 | Should United beat Forest and then go on to win the championship , the UEFA Cup place will go to the team finishing third in the First Division , sparking off a League scramble between Manchester City , Sheffield Wednesday , Liverpool and Arsenal . |
| 7 | She 'd just ridden Spooked like her old self and the horse had run above himself , finishing third in a field of twenty . |
| 8 | BRITAIN 'S Dave Lewis won £8,000 yesterday after finishing third in the IAAF world cross country challenge at Mol , Belgium , won by Olympic 10,000 metres champion Khalid Skah . |
| 9 | The Fellow , a comfortable winner from Docklands Express in last year 's King George and twice touched off in the Gold Cup , has apparently thrived since finishing third in last month 's Hennessy . |
| 10 | And Lawrie Smith won a bronze to salvage Britain 's disastrous Olympic yachting campaign by finishing third in the Soling Class . |
| 11 | ANDY Jones lifted the Winter League Trophy after finishing third in the final match fished at Pakefield . |
| 12 | He streaked the junior men 's event with a distance of 57.18 metres and showed his worth by finishing third to Great Britain 's Paul Head in the senior men 's section , making 52.54 with the heavier hammer . |
| 13 | Girardelli settled the issue by finishing third in the season 's closing giant slalom in Are , Sweden , behind fast-rising Norwegian Kjetil Andre Aamodt . |
| 14 | He beat another Aintree legend — Manifesto , a magnificent horse that ran in eight Grand Nationals , winning two , finishing third three times , and fourth once . |
| 15 | That was the only Ulster success of the night but the Bily Rock-trained Tadila was always in the leading group before finishing third in the Ardee Hurdle won by Shareef Alliance and should be all the better for the run . |
| 16 | Lord Huntingdon 's charge was last seen on Lingfield 's all-weather surface finishing third , beaten a neck and a head by Scots Law and Sarum . |
| 17 | Championship at Wentworth , finishing third , won the Wang Four Stars , tied for second in the English Open , won the German Open and finished second in the European Masters-Swiss Open . |
| 18 | The PDS campaigned jointly with a Left List ( Linke Liste ) in Brandenburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Saxony and Thuringia , finishing third in each case , and came fourth in Saxony-Anhalt , where the FDP recorded its best result . |
| 19 | Under the terms of Belau 's new electoral system the number of candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency had been narrowed to two through the holding of a first round elections on Sept. 22 , when incumbent President Ngiratkel Etpison was eliminated after finishing third with 24.8 per cent , behind Nakamura with 37.2 per cent and Toribiong with 37.9 per cent . |
| 20 | Before her run at Sligo , Bassetja showed some encouraging Flat form when finishing third in a Ladies race at Down Royal 's July meeting . |
| 21 | Two other Section I matches see Schweppes Cup winners North Down entertaining North , with the aim of finishing third in the league to complete what for them has been a fine season . |
| 22 | Woodhill Echo went on last year to win a £1,000 open at Brough Park before finishing third in the Scottish Derby . |
| 23 | At the end of the first lap Walker was 30 metres clear and eventually came home 200 metres ahead of Reid who finished on 9:6.8 , 28 second adrift with Egeler finishing third further eight seconds in arrears . |
| 24 | Broadhurst , who won £28,650 in finishing third in the Carrolls Irish Open at Killarney on Sunday , said : ‘ It would be nice to carry on from where I left off in Ireland . ’ |
| 25 | Catherine Allsopp ran an intelligently-paced race in the 800 metres , finishing third in 2 mins 11.36 secs . |
| 26 | Williams 's other hope , Pond Pavarotti , which qualified by finishing third on Friday , will again be racing against 7–1 shot Glengar Ranger . |
| 27 | Price , who has returned to the sport with renewed vigour after unrelenting injury problems , won three local races before finishing third in the classy Saltwell road race on December 22 . |
| 28 | Harriers have underlined their rapidly improving road-racing status by winning their first national senior team award , finishing third in the prestigious AAA Half Marathon Championships in Bath . |
| 29 | Royal Athlete surpassed expectations in finishing third and advertised his Martell Grand National claims . |
| 30 | To keep you up to date with the story so far : Katabatic first met Waterloo Boy over fences in the Captain Morgan Chase at Aintree in April 1990 , the pair finishing third and fourth behind Nohalmdun . |