Sentence examples for having previously finished from inspiring English sources

Now she is out of the Olympics in the metric mile, having previously finished 10th at the Atlanta Games and having failed to make the final in 1992 and 1988.

Under Taaffe's care, Argocat has taken steady steps forward in three starts over hurdles, winning tidily at Thurles last month having previously finished third to subsequent Grade One runner-up Shadow Catcher.

Van Gaal took over at the start of last season when United had previously finished seventh.

The three-year-old had previously finished fourth behind Caspar Netscher in the German equivalent of the 2,000 Guineas.

He must be top-class, to have handled such a big step up in grade so fluently in the Prix du Jockey Club, beating the colt who had previously finished second to Pour Moi himself at Saint-Cloud in May.

The Scot had previously finished fifth and sixth in her two previous Games appearances and confessed to "a mixture of emotions" after seeing Hosszu romp away to claim the gold and obliterate the existing world record by more than two seconds.

K_Southwick: I had previously finished a book about Sun Microsystems and Scott McNealy.

He had previously finished in tied 25th in the men's trap at the 2004 Games in Athens.

"For me, it's very heart-breaking," said Mickelson, who had previously finished second at the event in 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2009.

Only one Briton has previously finished on the podium of a Grand Tour - Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana - Scot Robert Millar was second in the Giro in 1987, after a second place in the Vuelta in 1986.

To put Froome's achievement into context, only one British rider has previously finished on the podium at one of cycling's three-week "grand tours" - the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana.