Example sentences of "[pron] finished second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain trail New South Wales by 21.5 points but there is a protest outstanding against one of the NSW boats , Cyclone , which finished second in the race but is alleged to have fouled the Hong Kong yacht Foo2 , the former Jamarella . |
| 2 | ELIZABETH ARNOLD gave Nova Centurion a fighting chance of winning the Mycil Women 's British Club Team Championship in Sheffield last night when she finished second in the 800m freestyle . |
| 3 | She finished second in the Tournament Players ' Championship at Tytherington , which was her fifth top-10 placing in her first seven tournaments of the year . |
| 4 | But in the 200 metres she finished second , three metres down on Retchakhan , whose time of 24.9 was a divisional record . |
| 5 | Line Of Vision , who finished second to the highly rated Argentum at Nottingham , should do best of the pair , but may fail to hold the impressive Brighton winner , Alysardi ( 3.40 ) , who at $205,000 as a yearling , cost almost 10 times as much . |
| 6 | His main opposition came from Lancia 's Didier Auriol and Miki Biasion , who finished second and third . |
| 7 | Grubb , a member of the team who finished second in the Los Angeles Olympics , rode Ever in the 1991 World Cup final in Gothenburg , but afterwards the 11-year-old stayed in Europe , to be ridden by his owner , Enrique Sarasola . |
| 8 | Some of the great names of motor racing were seen behind the wheel of a Bugatti , one being Malcolm Campbell , who finished second in the inaugural British Grand Prix in 1926 ( surprisingly , that was the best finish by a Bugatti in the race ) . |
| 9 | Dublin photographer Fennell will again drive a Mini Cooper S and will be up against Mervyn Johnston , the Ulster driver who finished second last time . |
| 10 | Gateshead will certainly be looking to finish first North-East team , avenging their defeats by Sunderland and Morpeth , who finished second and third in the Northerns . |
| 11 | Bingley 's Richard Nerurkar , who finished second , should join him in the team , having achieved the qualifying time in the World Championships last year , but third-placed Paul Evans must decide whether to chase it in Europe before the team is finalised on June 28 . |
| 12 | Another thing that interested me was a comment from an ex-Liverpool defender who said , and I quote : ‘ If Alan Shearer had joined Manchester United , it would have been a question of who finished second ! ’ |
| 13 | Tynedale 's home win against Birkenhead Park was to no avail as they finished second in North Division One , with Rotherham clinching the only promotion spot . |
| 14 | In six seats it finished second , with a best performance of 22 per cent in Bethnal Green East . |
| 15 | JIMMY McCRAE , of Scotland , won the 2,200-mile round-Britain Autoglass Tour by 22 minutes at Brands Hatch yesterday when he finished second to Wales 's David Llewellin in the final stage . |
| 16 | He finished second in the 100 metres to Canada 's Ben Johnson , later disqualified after failing a drug test . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He finished second in the 1988 Superstars , losing by a whisker in the final event . |
| 19 | But , Alfa Romeo returned to racing for the first World Championship in 1950 , he was invited to join their team and he finished second in the inaugural championship , having won the Monaco , Belgian and French Grands Prix . |
| 20 | His best finish was in the 1972 Italian Grand Prix at Monza when he finished second to Emerson Fittipaldi . |
| 21 | He finished second to Henry Cotton at Muirfield in 1948 , fourth to Max Faulkner in 1951 at Royal Portrush and twice third to Bobby Locke at Troon and Royal Lytham . |
| 22 | One of four Pakistan batsmen to hit over a thousand runs on this tour , he finished second in the averages with just under 60 . |
| 23 | Now well let's have a look at this horse and another schedule because as I say he was trained in Ireland by Arthur and er we saw them at Punchestown back in April where he finished second to another of his rivals today Bishops Hall . |
| 24 | Then last weekend at Thruxton he showed his true potential when he finished second behind Australian Russ Ingall 's Van Diemen , and ahead of all the other Swift drivers . |
| 25 | But he did n't and in a Manta hired from Tony Kearns he finished second behind Kenny McKinstry . |
| 26 | Like Emerson he finished second in his Swift but that was good enough to take him clear of his main rivals with one round remaining . |
| 27 | Scotland 's Jim Moodie kept alive his hopes of deposing McElnea when he finished second and fourth , but his British-built Crighton Norton had no answer to the speed of the best Japanese machines . |
| 28 | Birmingham 's Paul Howe has broken his own British record at the European Open Swimming Championships in Rome , he finished second in the 200 metres freestyle and still has another two races to come . |