Example sentences of "it be only the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only the second offence according to the last |
| 2 | It 's only the second one . |
| 3 | It is only the second time the ITV company has followed the American idea of using a survey to back up launch plans . |
| 4 | It is only the second time the Tour de France has visited Britain . |
| 5 | It is only the second time this century that a school of sperm whales has been seen in the waters around Orkney . |
| 6 | It was only the second time she had taken part and this race , taking less than ten minutes , had been a particularly fast one , but as she said , it was a family tradition to take part in it and she had really enjoyed it . |
| 7 | It was only the second time this season we 've been comprehensively beaten . |
| 8 | It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him . |
| 9 | It was only the second time they had worked together . |
| 10 | ‘ It was only the second long distance walk I 've tackled , and very different from the first . |
| 11 | It was only the second time Meg had seen Arthur really angry . |
| 12 | It was only the second occasion ever in which bankers had been summoned and reflected both the high degree of public outrage and government embarrassment over the spate of recent financial scandals . |
| 13 | The car was not bought for resale , and the purchase was incidental to the company 's business as a freight forwarder ; it was only the second or third car bought by the company and so there was not the required degree of regularity . |
| 14 | It was only the second authority in the country to open a state-run nursery , George Dent 's , which this year celebrates its 75th birthday . |
| 15 | erm I was driving past it learning to drive , concentrating like mad and the driving instructor er , said to me , and it was only the second what , second , third , fourth lesson , it was early on in the |