Example sentences of "play second fiddle " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was the British critics ' favourite on both the Bolshoi 's tours here , but for 20 years she played second fiddle to Grigorovich 's wife , Bessmertnova . |
| 2 | We were probably the better side for long spells whereas we played second fiddle to Portadown the entire match . |
| 3 | Throughout her married life she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband . |
| 4 | Alain Prost , France 's triple world champion , had moved in and Mansell was unwilling to play second fiddle . |
| 5 | This was still a minor office with little independent authority , and Duncombe continued to play second fiddle to the successive lords treasurer with whom he served . |
| 6 | When in the last quarter of the century , the natural history collections were moved to the new building in South Kensington , and had no longer to play second fiddle to the historical parts and the library , then the number of jobs increased and the scope for research improved . |
| 7 | That a college like the James Watt should be prepared to play second fiddle , should never patronise but should be ready with sensible advice when asked for it . |
| 8 | Although he has usually had to play second fiddle to Jackson , he is a super athlete in his own right , having won silver medals at the European championships ( 4x100 metres ) and Commonwealth Games in 1990 . |
| 9 | Moorhouse who won gold in Seoul attracts the greatest share of publicity , and Gillingham come what may , has appeared destined to play second fiddle . |
| 10 | Mao Tse-tung had played second fiddle to Stalin as senior revolutionary but Khrushchev was a different matter . |
| 11 | Indeed , the Charlton players almost played second fiddle on an afternoon belonging to the fans . |
| 12 | Moreover the Spirit has ever played second fiddle to the male Christ within trinitarian theology . |
| 13 | The honour may have come as a surprise to some , but England 's second city has never played second fiddle in the music business , spawning such performers as The Moody Blues , The Spencer Davis group , Black Sabbath , ELO , Duran Duran and UB40 . |
| 14 | Don has played second fiddle to Damien McCusker for some time now and his county pedigree stretches back to 1983 when he was first honoured as a Minor . |
| 15 | So often he has played second fiddle to Wright and notched only nine goals last season to his partner 's 30 . |
| 16 | Mr Pozsgay was simply fed up with playing second fiddle , a characteristic that was to re-emerge later . |
| 17 | Used to playing second fiddle to its Mitsubishi rival and happily mopping up any disappointed Shogun buyers who failed to get their hands on one of the current quota , the Trooper has still etched itself a firm place in the off-roader scene and remains , as it usually has been , an underestimated vehicle . |
| 18 | It was felt that the Clauses which neutralized the Black Sea and prohibited Russia from maintaining warships within its confines were more advantageous to Britain than to France and that once again France was playing second fiddle . |
| 19 | It was in 1947 that he appeared in It Happened in Brooklyn , playing second fiddle to a scrawny thirty-one-year-old bobbysox idol with hollow cheeks , Frank Sinatra . |
| 20 | The Norwegian international goalkeeper is worried that playing second fiddle to Ian Walker at Tottenham will harm his World Cup prospects of playing against England in October . |
| 21 | She might also have simply got tired of playing second fiddle to the Prince 's pastimes . |
| 22 | He had been a reluctant ally and may well have resented playing second fiddle to his younger brother . |
| 23 | He was having an increasingly similar role to play in his other work , even though in the ‘ Carry On ’ pictures he was just one of a team and in Beyond Our Ken was playing second fiddle to the other Kenneth . |
| 24 | Vegetables — usually boiled tasteless — play second fiddle to the juicy joint in this culinary custom . |
| 25 | The idea was not new ; it had been first put into operation in the preceding reign of Louis-Philippe , but during that period it was made clear to France that she must play second fiddle in the European concert otherwise Britain would turn her out of the orchestra . |
| 26 | ‘ Anyone who comes into the monarchy should play second fiddle to their royal half but this has not happened . |
| 27 | The former Rangers striker has failed to make an impact at Goodison Park and he must play second fiddle to the raw , 25-year-old prospect at Ipswich tomorrow . |
| 28 | Well , you can think again , because I do n't play second fiddle to anyone . |