be pipped at the post
be pipped to the post

They were pipped at the post by another female pilot, Renee Thornton.

Pitman's son Mark also led over the last fence, only to be pipped at the post when riding Garrison Savannah in 1991.

Bat For Lashes was the bookies' favourite to win, but was pipped at the post by Klaxons.

Tipp and Cork provided exciting football throughout the game, but was pipped at the post by a late goal by Cork's Noel Galvin.

The Limburgians had been ahead almost the entire season but were pipped at the post by Anderlecht after losing at Germinal Beerschot.

It was pipped at the post only by South Africa's Blue Train; the Trans-Siberian and the Orient Express trundled in behind.

This led to problems with squad members securing time off work and with just a couple of games left Seghill were pipped at the post to finish 2nd in the league.

In 2005-06 Beckenham were in the running for the Kent League title right up until the last day of the season, but were pipped at the post by Maidstone United.

Lucky Secret was desperately unlucky not to have won the Group 1 rated MRC Oakleigh Plate, having been pipped at the post by Swiss Ace.

Dodd also tried his hand at publishing but his first venture, a 'Dictionary of Monograms' was pipped at the post by a French competitor, leading to his bankruptcy in 1817.

Jessica and her 18-hand Grand Prix winning Diamond Exchange were pipped at the post by Irish colleague Cpt John Ledingham from Dublin with Kilbaha.

Having been pipped at the post for three successive years, the Club finally won the [Edinburgh District League] in 1986 gaining promotion to Division 6 of the National League in 1990.

England England was pipped at the post by Ian McEwan's Amsterdam in 1998, while in 2005, Barnes's Arthur and George lost out to The Sea by John Banville.

In the show Royston played the part of New York millionaire and man about town Jack Lloyd, who is hot in pursuit of Nellie but is pipped at the post by an Irish-American labourer.

Rune's defending counsel stated that at the time of the attack, which was described as 'coldly premeditated and particularly violent', the accused had been under great emotional strain having just been pipped at the post for a Nobel Prize by Albert Einstein.

In 1981, Butcher was part of the Ipswich side that won the UEFA Cup under Bobby Robson (later Sir) and came close to their first League title since 1962, though they were pipped at the post by Aston Villa.

"The Power of Love" followed its two predecessors, "Relax" and "Two Tribes", to the top of the UK singles chart, scoring the band an early December number-one, being pipped at the post by Band Aid for Christmas chart topper.

Since I was pipped at the post for the Periodical Publishers' Association Columnist of the Year award by Maureen Lipman, star of stage and commercial, I thought I'd better look up her column in She magazine to see how I might bring my stuff up to state-of-the-art standard.

White and partner Jenny Wallwork were pipped to the post by the Australians.

He was pipped to the post by a few months by Tony Miles, the first British Grandmaster in 1976.

The previous world record was 152, however the UK riders were pipped to the post by another USA ride of over 400 riders.

Palin polled 13.5% of the votes and was pipped to the post by Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, on 14%.

He nearly won the overall UKFBB British bodybuilding Championships in 2000 but was pipped to the post by Mike King.

He was a contender to be Prime Minister of India in the early 1990s but was pipped to the post by P. V. Narasimha Rao.

But he was pipped to the post by another straight-talking copper, Sir Paul Stephenson, who recently fell victim to the feeding frenzy surrounding the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

It was pipped to the post for first UK practice by West Country-based Bishop Fleming, which received the right to display the IP's laurel wreath emblem in April.

However, the competition was not asleep, and LIFFE was pipped to the post on Italian bond futures by the Paris MATIF exchange, more on which later.