Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pos pn] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made my second journey to Cosford in 1980 , an Olympic year — though I had no aspirations in that direction . |
| 2 | And some silly woman crashed her tray to the floor just as I made my second entrance — disgraceful ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I got yer second name and it was easy after that . ’ |
| 4 | I glanced at my reflection to admire the effect and then I got my second shock that evening . |
| 5 | Can I have your second name please ? |
| 6 | If Bill 's leg went according to form he should be back in town for his first follow-up clinic when I started my second all-day shift with its row of free evenings . |
| 7 | Going down the second fairway he told me he 'd lost his yardage book and asked me what I thought his second shot was . |
| 8 | ‘ I think our second half performance was our worst for a long time , but we murdered them in the first . ’ |
| 9 | He looked infuriatingly cool , unmoved by her imperfectly concealed annoyance , as he answered , ‘ I preferred our second meeting to be a surprise . ’ |
| 10 | It would have been so easy and commonplace to move into some bushes ; but my partner insisted that I light my second candle . |
| 11 | ‘ Since I had my second baby , Amber , I just ca n't seem to get rid of my tummy . ’ |
| 12 | I suffered what erm is known from as postnatal depression after I had my second baby . |
| 13 | I married my second husband in 1986 . |
| 14 | Well not in the thirties of course but after the War there was one because I er , ah well this , no , this was much later , much much much , because I married my second husband and erm I had two children fairly quick . |
| 15 | PRIVATISATION of the Crown Suppliers will go ahead quickly once Parliament has passed the enabling bill which received its second reading yesterday , the Environment Secretary , Mr Chris Patten , told the Commons yesterday . |
| 16 | The Evidence ( Procedure in other Jurisdictions ) Bill , which received its Second Reading on 24th January , and has now reached the Committee Stage , sets out a comprehensive code for the taking of evidence by courts in the United Kingdom on behalf of other courts . |
| 17 | He later opened his own small restaurant , Les Quat' Saisons , ( also in Oxford ) , which received its second Michelin star in 1982 . |
| 18 | These were , in descending order of status , the bushi ( warriors ) or samurai , who were the ruling class ; the peasantry , which owed its second ranking to its fundamental role in the national economy and accounted for some 80 per cent of the population ; the artisans ; and the merchants and traders . |
| 19 | Stephen Emerson , the new Maxol Northern Ireland rally champion , was still slightly bemused today in the aftermath of the celebrations which followed his second place finish on the Lakelands Rally in Fermanagh . |
| 20 | The Bill which had its second reading yesterday would bring in compulsory competitive tendering ( CCT ) for the management of houses currently run by local councils . |
| 21 | The most important international forum looking at the issue is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , which held its second meeting in Nairobi — see below . |
| 22 | CHAPTER AND THE VERSE , who issue their second LP , ‘ Renewed Testament ’ , at the end of September , play Brighton Zap Club . |
| 23 | On the contrary , from the Queen 's Speech of November 1983 onwards , she turned her second term into a crusade of increasing radicalism , the doubts and hesitancies of the first administration mostly shed . |
| 24 | ‘ Not too good , I 've heard , ’ said Greg , not adding that he had just been grilling the doctor who signed her second husband 's death certificate . |
| 25 | Yet Faldo , who finished his second round in semi darkness last night , and started badly yesterday with two bogeys in his first six holes , was remarkably cheerful . |
| 26 | As she enters her second decade in power , this promises to be an effective line of attack . |
| 27 | I 'd lost my appetite , I did n't want a drink and I was playing Frankie Goes to Hollywood ( am I the only one who bought their second LP ? ) very loudly on Armstrong 's in-cab sound system . |
| 28 | She lit her second cigarette . |
| 29 | She had her first child , then I had mine , and then she had her second child . |
| 30 | A couple of years later she had her second baby and again breast-fed for a few months after the birth . |