Example sentences of "[pers pn] finished second " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 But in the 200 metres she finished second , three metres down on Retchakhan , whose time of 24.9 was a divisional record .
4 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 .
5 In six seats it finished second , with a best performance of 22 per cent in Bethnal Green East .
6 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 .
7 He finished second in the 100 metres to Canada 's Ben Johnson , later disqualified after failing a drug test .
8 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 .
9 He finished second in the 1988 Superstars , losing by a whisker in the final event .
10 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 .
11 His best finish was in the 1972 Italian Grand Prix at Monza when he finished second to Emerson Fittipaldi .
12 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 .
13 One of four Pakistan batsmen to hit over a thousand runs on this tour , he finished second in the averages with just under 60 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 But he did n't and in a Manta hired from Tony Kearns he finished second behind Kenny McKinstry .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
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