Sentence examples for he was runner up from inspiring English sources

He was runner up to Labour's Rushanari Ali in the Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in May and to John Griffiths in the contest to become Lib Dem candidate for Tower Hamlets mayor.

Five times he was runner up and he collected more second places in majors than anyone else who hasn't won one.

This poorly reflected his abilities when you consider that last year he was runner up in three majors and fifth at the Masters.

Aside from Woosnam's Masters victory he was runner up at the 1989 US Open and twice came third in the Open.

Five times he was runner up in majors, the most of any player not to have landed a green jacket, claret jug, US Open or Wannamaker Trophy somewhere along the way.

One week earlier, he was runner-up at Colonial.

In 2006 he was runner-up in a contest for the "World Mayor" award.

He was runner-up in Paris in 1996, when he lost to Thomas Enqvist.

He was runner-up as Grapeland High School's most popular student and a star football player.

He was runner-up in the 1951 national squash racquets doubles championships.

He was runner-up for the fourth time in his career, losing three times in playoffs.