'V in n' - Construction 4
| Name: | The lie in second place construction |
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| Description: | An entity occupies a specific place in a ranking. |
| Verbs: | lie/rank in second place |
| Example: | They were lying in joint third place behind France and Spain. (BNC) |
| Membership: | place; figurative |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Equivalence.
Roles: NP1: Carrier; NP2: Attribute
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