runner-up

Converse of object

• finish: During his third season at the club Villa finished runners-up in the First Division.
• commend: One of the highly commended runners-up was also from Linda's class.
• come: Even coming runner-up in 2004, he explained, had been daunting.
• vote: WDF was voted runner-up at the Retail Week Awards in March 2004 for Retail Employer of the Year.

Preposition: on

• occasion: And he was runner-up on five other occasions between 1982 and 1990.

Adjective modifier

• finishing: Get them quot or a crew you're going to finishing runner-up to.
• joint: He lost to Allan in the last round, and ended up on eight wins, Allan and Joe being joint runners-up with seven.

Modifies a noun

• prise: First prize £ 10,000, 2 x runner-up prizes of £ 3,000, 4 x finalist prizes of £ 1,000.
• spot: Finally Jeremy was solid in second place to secure the runner-up spot, a good result for the home club.
• trophy: A runners-up trophy for the team that finishes second in the overall competition.
• berth: The Wakefield pair were right behind clocking identical times of 10.7 secs with Lockwood being awarded the runners-up berth by the judges.
• medal: A year later they claimed their eighth set of runners-up medals.
• slot: This time Howe Bess was in the runners-up slot and Melody was back in fifth.

Noun used with modifier

• championship: The Japanese rider emerged victorious after passing the checkered flag more than 11 seconds ahead of the championship runner-up.
• league: Charlton pipped to post The Charlton women's team finished as league runners-up after Arsenal beat Fulham to lift the championship on Saturday night.

Possessives

• lady: And units of ladies ' night runner-up and product information.

Preposition: in

• championship: He is a past runner-up in the Scottish coal-carrying championship.
• category: The runners-up in each category will win £ 500.
• competition: Emily achieved an impressive series of jumps, four of which were further than the best achieved by the runner-up in the competition.
• league: Saints were runners-up in the league, finishing three points behind Hull KR.