Example sentences of "him [prep] third " in BNC.

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1 Yet his storming finish carried him into third place , a head and 1 ½ lengths behind two super-fit hurdlers , Cruising Altitude ( rec 6lb ) and Nomadic Way ( rec 10lb ) .
2 The following March Bob Champion rode him into third place behind Alverton in 1979 the Cheltenham Gold Cup ( at 40–1 ) and the month after that Aldaniti ran second to Fighting Fit in the Scottish National at Ayr .
3 His tally now stands at 11 , which puts him in third place behind Robert Alner ( 16 ) and Philip Scholfield ( 12 ) in the Daily Telegraph Men 's Championship .
4 Proud dad Mick , 33 , of Rochester , Kent , dashed to enrol him in Third Division Gillingham 's supporters club .
5 While Brown 's victory did not immediate transform his candidacy from the status of quixotic eccentric to serious contender , it did establish him in third place behind Clinton and Tsongas , and ensured the continuance of federal matching funds .
6 The winner on the day was Francois Lombard — a result which took him to third place overall in the championships .
7 who 's probably the orthodox first at position a yard or two behind Jack Russell and Gooch is probably a yard in front of Jack Russell at second slip and Lewis a foot or two up on him at third .
8 The one area of liability which really concerns the buyer is the possibility of claims made against him by third parties which arise because of some act or omission of the seller .
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