Sentence examples similar to she was runner from inspiring English sources

She was runner-up in Brisbane, Australia, and at the Australian Open.

She was runner-up at Sydney and at the Australian Open.

As Lee Pepper, she was runner-up to Bess Meyerson in the "Miss New York City" Contest in 1945.

However Wimbledon, where she was runner-up in both 2001 and 2006, remains the missing jewel from her Grand Slam crown.

Hammon played parts of nine seasons in the W.N.B.A., including in 2007 with San Antonio, when she was runner-up for the league's Most Valuable Player award.

She was runner-up, and went on to become the first woman to have a number one album in both the UK and US twice in a year.

Not only did she win six times, she was runner-up six times and, in 25 tournaments, was in the top 10 no fewer than 20 times.

She has accidentally got into the finals of the contest through the withdrawal of a regional winner to whom she was runner-up.

When she was runner-up to Jennifer Capriati in the 2001 French Open, the achievement was regarded as remarkable and the precursor of major titles.

After coming fourth in the 2007 season of Last Comic Standing – NBC's X Factor-style talent contest for stand-ups – she was runner-up on Comedy Central's spoof reality show Reality Bites Back the following year.

There were hints of that on Friday, with Web sites showing photographs of her bare-shouldered in the days when she was runner-up for Miss Alaska, or as one caption read, "showing off her legs".