Example sentences of "beat into third place " in BNC.
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1 | Labour leaders were quick to praise Mr Kinnock 's achievement in pulling the party back from the brink of disintegration in 1983 , when it was almost beaten into third place . |
2 | Odds-on favourite last time at Haydock , he was narrowly beaten into third place , but tomorrow should prove third time lucky . |
3 | The crushing defeat of the NDP raised questions as to the political future of Haynes — once commonly described as " the second most powerful man in Barbados " — who was beaten into third place in his own constituency . |
4 | Labour held Hemsworth , where the Conservatives were beaten into third place by the Liberal Democrats . |
5 | The Labour candidate was beaten into third place with only 12 per cent . |
6 | In the event Clinton won the New York contest comfortably , and saw Brown beaten into third place by Paul Tsongas who had already withdrawn from the contest . |