Sentence examples for has been runner from inspiring English sources
12.21am BST Mickelson has been runner up in a US Open five times.
"He has been runner up too many times.
Bobby Moore has been runner-up four times, while Billy Bonds and Tony Cottee have both been runners-up three times.
It is the third time McGuire has been runner-up for a general manager's job.
The first qualifying tournament was won by Sri Lanka, which by 1996 was world champion and has been runner-up in the last two World Cups.
The 26-year-old German has been runner-up to her longtime friend the previous two seasons, but never has the chase for the title been so close.
About 25 miles from the finish, no matter how hard he tried, Evans, who twice has been runner-up in the Tour, simply could not hold on.
Riesch, who has been runner-up to Vonn over the previous two seasons after finishing third in 2004 and 2008, became the first German to win the title since Katja Seizinger in 1998.
Ronaldo has been runner-up to Messi for the past two years but was the clear choice among the judging panel in the latest ranking organised by Guardian Sport.
The Barcelona forward reclaimed the biggest individual accolade in world football at a lavish ceremony in Zurich on Monday, beating Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, the three-time winner whom he has been runner-up to for the last two years.
