Example sentences of "[conj] finish second " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Senna had not either won the race or finished second , he would have been out of the championship . |
| 2 | Grubb , who has lived in the United States for some years , was brought into the British team that finished second in the Los Angeles Olympics , and will be coming to Britain hoping to make the Barcelona team . |
| 3 | Since that lapse , Docklands Express has won the Whitbread Gold Cup ( controversially , on the disqualification of Cahervillahow ) and the Racing Post Chase , and finished second in the King George VI Chase in addition to his fine Gold Cup display . |
| 4 | What a year it proved to be : he won the PGA at St Georges , and finished second on the Order of Merit . |
| 5 | Then when he took to chasing he produced one of the best performance by an Irish horse at Cheltenham when going down narrowly to Garrison Savannah in the 1990 Sun Alliance Novices Chase — and Garrison Savannah the following won the Gold Cup and finished second in the National . |
| 6 | Between 1973–77 this wonderful steeplechaser won the National three times and finished second twice — an unparalleled record . |
| 7 | Championship at Wentworth , finishing third , won the Wang Four Stars , tied for second in the English Open , won the German Open and finished second in the European Masters-Swiss Open . |
| 8 | Under the leadership of Edison James , the DUWP fought an effective campaign and finished second with six seats . |
| 9 | Just two weeks after winning a race in Barnsley , he romped to victory in the Belfast Classic 10K … and then he headed to Dublin and finished second in the BLE 5K road race championship . |
| 10 | They succeeded in winning 2 legs , one of them the hardest in the race and finishing second overall . |
| 11 | Among the main Democratic contenders Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton seemed to have overcome the recent spate of " character issues " which had threatened to destroy his candidacy , but finished second to the former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire contest . |