Example sentences of "he [verb] third " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He came third without really trying . |
2 | The 1988 Gold Cup victor led until two out , where lack of fitness told , and he finished third , 11 lengths behind the winner . |
3 | At Rouen , he finished third , a lap down , and at Brands Hatch , crucified by the pain in his wrist and driving mostly one-handed , the best he could do was sixth place . |
4 | MARK Blundell produced the race of his life in South Africa today when he finished third on his debut with the Ligier Renault team behind triple world champions Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna . |
5 | Tony Rickardsson cruised through to the Nordic Final stage of the World Championship when he finished third in the three-leg Swedish heats last week . |
6 | Trained by the man in form Nigel Twiston-Davies , who had a double at Cheltenham , Captain Dibble has been laid out for the race and has n't run since January when he finished third behind Very Very Ordinary carrying 12 stone at Ascot . |
7 | Sam Torrance joined the elite band of Euro-millionaires when he finished third in the Panasonic European Open at Walton Heath . |
8 | ‘ Any advantage the Americans have around the greens has been taken away this year because the rough is n't so severe , ’ added the Scot , who learned much about himself at Pebble Beach when he finished third behind Tom Kite . |
9 | On each occasion he finished third . |
10 | Mark Blundell produced the race of his life when he finished third on his debut with the Ligier Renault team . |
11 | Therefore , he needed third place or better to hurdle Norman 's total of $1,165,477 . |
12 | Earlier this year he took third prize for his leeks in the British Championship and scooped the top prize in the Welsh Onion Championship . |
13 | ‘ Today , he was able to be dropped in behind , whereas last year when he ran third in the Tiffany Highflyer , he was drawn on the far side in a 30-runner race and Steve [ Cauthen ] had to ride him handy to the pace , ’ Stoute said . |
14 | He gained third place in the 1988 Ilford Photographic Awards Features category for one of those pictures , but jokes that on his arrival in Africa ‘ I kept looking for a cheque presentation because that 's all I was trained to do . ’ |