Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] for [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took the lead courtesy of Trevor Smith 's sixth goal of the season but were pegged back by an equaliser from Johnny Jameson who failed to appear for the second half . |
| 2 | During November the three largest parties announced their candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for April 26 , 1992 , to elect a successor to Kurt Waldheim , who had in June 1991 declined to stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 3 | Peter Butler , 40 , got divorced for the second time two years ago . |
| 4 | Such a page , offered to the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York , for £25,000 , finally led to James 's arrest , as the sheet was recognised by Dr Estelle Whelan of the Centre for Iranian Studies at Columbia University , to whom the Met had turned for a second opinion . |
| 5 | In the run-up to recognition , the commander of the Second Military District , General Milutin Kukanjao , hinted strongly that he wished to opt for the second option . |
| 6 | By the mid-1980s the Thatcher government was coming under increasingly embarrassing criticism that it had opted for the second style of social policy . |
| 7 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 8 | Not a snap or a twang , but the hamstring had gone for the second time in successive matches . |
| 9 | It was in her honour that he , too , had shaved for a second time and puffed Carole 's deodorant over his private parts . |
| 10 | Ward J. took evidence on the telephone from Dr. F. , who had spoken to Miss T. in the maternity unit after she had stated for the second time that she did not wish to have a blood transfusion and before she had signed the refusal form . |
| 11 | By the time that Orchard made his last will in January 1504 he had married for a second time . |