Sentence examples for was a runner up from inspiring English sources

He was a runner up to be children's laureate in its inaugural year, 1999.

This was a runner up.

Ten years ago Gayle Mill near Hawes in North Yorkshire was a runner up in the BBC's Restoration programme.

Fitbit debuted just this September at TechCrunch50 where it was a runner up for the top prize.

In 2006, he was a runner up in the BT Internet Rangers competition, where he won a laptop for helping his family with the Internet.

He was Mr Gay Newcastle 2007 and was a runner up for Mr Gay UK.

He finished a shot out of a playoff in 1999, and was a runner-up to Tiger Woods a year later.

He was a runner-up in national events nine times.

He was a runner-up in the voting last year.

Adam Portnoy's wife, Elika, was a runner-up in a Miss Bulgaria beauty contest.

All of those pitchers captured a Cy Young Award except Schilling, who was a runner-up three times; Mussina was a runner-up once.