Example sentences of "[noun] be eighth " in BNC.

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1 Martin Brundle was eighth in 1:16.562 in the second Benetton , while Johnny Herbert was 12th in his Lotus .
2 His team-mate Mark Jay finished seventh , Leo Cole , of the Chelmer was eighth , with East Anglian Vet Vic Stark in ninth and Tim Bright , of Braintree , completing the ten .
3 Cousins was eighth in both figures and original programme , with Martin last in each .
4 Rorie Henderson starts second and Guy Pooley , his double-sculling partner in last year 's world championships is eighth off .
5 When Botham was eighth out the score was 114 and there were more than five overs left .
6 Air and ground crew post in front of their Washington , Cpl Derek Chapman is eighth from left .
7 Four Scots made finals : Warrender 's Jonathan Hunter was fifth in the 200m backstroke ( 2:05.36 ) and sixth in the 50m backstroke ( 27.25 ) ; Graeme Smith was fifth in the 1,000m freestyle ( 10:05.49 ) ; and Alison Sheppard and Ewan Stewart were eighth in the 100m freestyle ( 57.19 ) and 100m butterfly ( 56.67 ) respectively .
8 Manchester City are eighth in the table but , amazingly , only two points better off than Ipswich , although they have a match in hand .
9 Manchester City are eighth in the table but , amazingly , only two points better off than Ipswich , although they have a match in hand .
10 Baptiste was eighth with 26 wickets at 20.85 apiece .
11 Thistle Monarch was eighth at Ayr , just over 22 lengths behind the runner-up , JP Morgan .
12 Of southern and western ports , Weymouth was ranked tenth in 1765 and ninth in 1770 but was not ranked in 1775 ; St Ives was eighth in 1765 , fourth in 1770 and tenth in 1775 ; Gloucester was ninth in 1765 .
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