Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] second place [prep] " in BNC.

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1 EDDIE Irvine moved into second place in the All-Japan Formula 3000 championship with his first victory of the season at Suzuka yesterday .
2 Only the owner was excluded from the common knowledge at Kempton that day : that her horse had been wrestled into second place by an apprentice who could n't anticipate the obvious .
3 But Leeds looked set fair for the First Division , climbing to second place by the end of the year .
4 Leeds had a good start in the new competition , climbing to second place after a 7–1 win over Barnsley in October , in which Price got five of the goals .
5 SCOTLAND 's Colin McRae made an excellent start to the Swedish Rally yesterday , slotting into second place behind Didier Auriol .
6 In North Division moved into second place with a 24–12 win Hartlepool whose outstanding player , full back Marty Saunders , scored a consolation try , Alan Calvert adding the conversion and two penalties .
7 IN WHAT is becoming a very fast ride across the wastes of the Southern Ocean , Lawrie Smith 's Rothmans has moved into second place in the Whitbread Round the World Race .
8 Lawrie Smith 's Rothmans has moved into second place in the Whitbread Round the World Race .
9 Bohunt have moved into second place in the division , but are 65 points behind Grange ‘ A ’ with two matches each to play .
10 Thornton Rangers moved into second place in division three when they defeated Sunblest 20 , John Thomas and Brian Hoare scoring , while John Hillier hit a hattrick for Jawbone in a 4-2 win over Racecourse .
11 The MIR-ADN alliance failed to win La Paz , being pushed into second place by the Conscience of the Fatherland party ( Conciencia de Patria — CONDEPA ) ; the National Revolutionary Movement ( Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario ( Histórico ) — MNR ) came third .
12 This allowed German Michael Schumacher to sweep into second place in his Camel Benetton Ford with Hill third and Gerhard Berger fourth for Ferrari .
13 David Norman — a graduate of Eton , McGill and Harvard Business School — had already made a controversial impact on the British search business before setting up his own firm , which now enjoys an annual fee income of over £5m. , ranking in second place behind Russell Reynolds in the pecking order of Britain 's highest-earning headhunters .
14 Scotland 's Yvonne Murray made no mistake , easing into second place in her heat .
15 Three bureau tied for second place by delivering on the 19th ; P's & Q's , The Setting Studio and The Last Word .
16 It is a tall order for someone so new to the professional ranks , but one which could never be construed as being beyond a competitor who , as an amateur , tied for second place behind Greg Norman in the Australian Masters at Huntingdale at the start of this season and who also finished in the top 10 in the English Open at The Belfry .
17 She was still able to play in the event and eventually finished tied for second place behind Beth daniel .
18 LIVINGSTON can move into second place behind City of Edinburgh in the Scottish Women 's League first division when they host Dundee at the Forum tomorrow in a repeat of last Sunday 's Scottish Cup final , writes Sandy Sutherland .
19 The battle for middle-order supremacy resulted in David Lloyd , Finchley moving into second place after a 3–0 victory over Connaught Club , London , and Ealing producing their first win of the season with a 2–1 home victory against Walton Astro 's .
20 Brian Reid slotted into second place on the opening lap , and like Moodie , never looked like losing it as Scotsman Ian Simpson came home .
21 Kelly finished fourth overall , ousted from second place by Mottet and Wegmuller , and came close to losing the King of the Mountains honour .
22 Although women are a primary focus of many psychological investigations of the family , for instance , they tend to be relegated to second place in biological explanations of the results .
23 But Liverpool 19-year-old Steve Smith qualified in second place for the final by clearing 2.29 .
24 As Doohan built up a lead of almost seven seconds , Rainey settled for second place on his Yamaha , 12 seconds clear of third-placed Daryl Beattie , of Australia , riding a Rothmans Honda for the first time as a replacement for the injured Wayne Gardner .
25 Then a one-all draw with Germany in their last match , meant them finishing in second place on goal difference .
26 The French managed three tries in all , but still had to settle for second place in the five nations championship ; the final score at Twickenham ; twenty one , nineteen .
27 Airtours and Owners Abroad compete for second place in the holiday market behind Thomson .
28 DENMARK scraped a narrow but precious 1–0 over Albania in Tirana yesterday to stay in second place in Group Three .
29 Similarly the many Mexicans looking simply to cast an anti-government vote supported the left , which stood a greater chance of winning and emerged in second place amid evidence of substantial fraud by the government .
30 Davis Love III , the American , slipped from second place with a one-over-par 73 for 138 , and another American , Mark Calcavecchia , missed the cut for the second successive tournament .
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