Example sentences of "after [v-ing] [num ord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Barrantes , 61 , bowed out of the 1985 presidential elections after coming second in the first ballot . |
| 2 | Keith Campbell , from north Belfast , has picked up a top award from computer firm Digital after coming first in the BTEC National Diploma in a computer studies course at Belfast Institute School of Informatics . |
| 3 | AFTER finishing 12th in the last World Cup in Lahore coach Cees Koppelaar pledged to ‘ create a new Ireland . ’ |
| 4 | He finished second to Duke Of Monmouth in the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham in March , and will be spot on after finishing fifth on the Flat in the Leopardstown November Handicap . |
| 5 | Flash Of Straw , trained at Epsom by Geoff Lewis , tested positive to a prohibited substance after finishing sixth in the HMS Cromer Handicap on 20 August . |
| 6 | McKeown has not given up on the north 's hope for next year 's Classic , who was found to have a temperature after finishing last in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ANDY Jones lifted the Winter League Trophy after finishing third in the final match fished at Pakefield . |
| 9 | At Talaq had won the Grand Prix de Paris after finishing fourth in the Derby , and French challenger Mont Basile had won four races during the season . |
| 10 | REIGNING Champion Hurdler Royal Gait died of a heart attack yesterday after finishing fourth in the Bookmakers Hurdle at Leopardstown in Ireland . |
| 11 | Morgan , now 49 , retired from the European Tour after finishing 190th on the 1991 merit list and relinquished his card after 22 years of consistent performances on the tour , highlighted by his win in the 1982 Jersey Open . |
| 12 | Warrington , who scraped into the Premiership play-off competition after finishing eighth in the Stones Bitter Championship , had a trophyless season and average gates at Wilderspool went down by around 800 . |