Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [prep] [art] second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You did n't turn them on until the second part . |
| 2 | Another chapter today would see me nicely into the second half of my story , and this evening I would talk to Crispin and get things sorted out with him . |
| 3 | The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing . |
| 4 | Marlin had given them both a detailed description of the assailant , and instructions to let nobody up to the second floor without Ms Odell 's permission , and even then they were to accompany the visitor to the apartment door , and escort them out if his guest chose not to see them . |
| 5 | From the sound of it he 'd blow you away without a second thought . |
| 6 | A WEAK US economy reflected itself strongly at the second Museum of Flight Auction at Santa Monica on October 5 & 6 . |
| 7 | Here the wide fairway beckons you seductively towards a second shot which will test your nerve . |
| 8 | So we 've planted a seed and we either get introductions there and then or we 've paved the way to the pick them up at the second appointment . |
| 9 | The next day they moved me up to the second floor to work with Mr Perkins , a weird old guy who smelt of dogs and cleaned his ears out with the lid from his ballpoint pen . |
| 10 | City had a few chances , and unfortunately they took one late in the second half , shortly after we 'd started shouting ‘ What 's like to be outclassed ’ at the boys in blue . |
| 11 | If I had failed to get a place in a law school and had been forced to take something else as a second choice then this would have been acceptable . |
| 12 | A particular field in one table can appear in another table , even if everything else in the second table is different ; this sets up a relationship between the tables — hence the name — which can be exploited by the database manager . |
| 13 | His second-in-command re-divided the men and sent them back for a second search of the places they had searched before . |
| 14 | Peter Roberts of Kuperard , who launched the charity scheme last year , says this is enough to purchase 350 mats ( against the 90 he was able to distribute last year ) , and he is planning to hand them out in the second week of January . |
| 15 | But I never felt that he was going to get me out in the second innings . |
| 16 | An old woman telling me the story of her life shat herself halfway through the Second World War . |
| 17 | When industries were first nationalized , many of them immediately after the Second World War , the government had two concerns . |
| 18 | There had been a period when he allowed Barbara Castle , Dick Crossman and George Wigg , all of whom suffered from the belief that politics was a conspiracy , to influence him too much , but in later years he had broken free from them and I suddenly realised how much I had got used to him being there to shoulder the final responsibility , to feeling able to turn to him naturally for a second opinion and for well-informed advice . |
| 19 | He would find it easy to allow that attraction to grow and take what he wanted from her , then cast her aside without a second thought . |
| 20 | shrugging him close as a second skin |
| 21 | The home side at times pulled almost everybody back in the second half to withstand the threat of Giggs and the equally elusive Lee Sharpe , although Sheffield also forced chances of their own . |
| 22 | The skipper was preparing to take her out to a second rendezvous arranged for that night when the lookouts saw the grey canoe with a lone paddler . |
| 23 | he played once more before the Lord 's show-piece and was called six times for throwing in the Hampshire match , but the selectors decided to risk him again in the second Test , where he was to meet his fate at the most famous ground in cricket . |
| 24 | ‘ Even when we had a right go at them late in the second half , they were still strong . |
| 25 | He said it does n't matter who does it on down the second time . |
| 26 | Dundela got it together in the second half and it was Dean Smyth 's turn to save his side . |
| 27 | Even though it was unsupported by evidence , the conclusion would have been allowable were it not for the second piece of information contained in the warning message . |
| 28 | It 's 45 years since Cheltenham Town made it through to the second round of the cup . |
| 29 | Dundela made it through to the second round with a 4– win over Armoy at the weekend , but they needed extra-time to do it . |
| 30 | Less than a dozen of the official green candidates are now expected even to make it through to the second round of voting next Sunday . |