Example sentences of "had [verb] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had completed the second nine in 29 for a round of 68 and a total of 273 , finishing with six successive birdies . |
| 2 | But after the All Blacks had won the Second Test 59–6 Mains was rather more relaxed and in fact exuded some confidence about the prospects of his new-look team . |
| 3 | I hit the first man with the wooden end of my gun and he fell down , but I had to shoot the second man . |
| 4 | Besides , the author of the Gesta — like his predecessor who had produced the second genealogy of the counts of Flanders — was heavily imbued with Sallustian learning . |
| 5 | In June 1963 , Pope John XXIII , the Pope who had called the second Vatican Council , died . |
| 6 | It was reported on Aug. 19 that the Swedish bank Forex had become the second foreign bank to buy and sell kroons , following the Lithuanian bank Litimpex 's decision to do so in June . |
| 7 | This was the first time they had reached the second round and it was reflected in the atmosphere , though the official attendance of 3,877 , a record for the purpose-built Meadow Park ground , was hardly accurate . |
| 8 | Without realizing it , she had reached the Second Level . |
| 9 | They had entered the Second World War opposed in attitude , and emerged little changed . |
| 10 | The United States had entered the Second World War with a very limited overseas basing system , but by the close of the war had acquired a massive global basing network ‘ derived from a combination of conquests , agreements with allies , and temporary arrangements with neutrals and exile regimes that had at least the potential for post-war renewal and extension ’ . |
| 11 | After Tomkins had served the second glass , Robins looked at me almost quizzically , and said , ‘ I 've seen a few doctors come and go in the islands , but you do n't seem to fit into the usual pattern . ’ |
| 12 | When he had finished the second slice , he looked at the Trunchbull , hesitating . |
| 13 | She had started the second stage of labour when they carried her into the Rotunda and hurried her away into the labour ward . |
| 14 | The Darkfall strike had destroyed the second staircase . |
| 15 | He had lost the second war in the Great Battle of the universe and had forfeited his power over humankind for ever . |
| 16 | I had survived the second lap but an ordinary rest would be inadequate now . |
| 17 | Colonel Hamilton told his men that the Prime Minister had described the second battle of the Marne as the greatest victory in the history of the war . |