Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it 's a case of money talking and the fans coming second . |
| 2 | The narrowest run margin was 68 runs , and no first-class side batting second lost more than two wickets . |
| 3 | ( Ravem , 1974 ; child learning second language ) |
| 4 | Hard to Kill is a stuttering con-on-the-run action thriller squeezing second division Hollywood couple Steven Seagal and Kelly LeBrock into a third-rate corruption and conspiracy plot . |
| 5 | The return of Tony Hanson to the team that lost in the last five seconds at Broxbourne could be the inspiration , but with Doncaster playing second placed Oldham and Plymouth at fourth placed Brixton , the two teams above them could well lose ground . |
| 6 | Stranraer have a one point lead in the Second Division with Meadowbank , Alloa and Stenhousemuir sharing second place . |
| 7 | Stranraer have a one point lead in the Second Division with Meadowbank , Alloa and Stenhousemuir sharing second place . |
| 8 | There is a question of a leader having second thoughts about the war . |
| 9 | It would imply that the team playing second would know *exactly* what they would have to do to qualify . |
| 10 | In a closely contested competition , ably refereed by Windscale 's superfit Keith Birkett , Windscale emerged victorious with two wins and a draw , with Winfrith coming second , followed by Harwell and Dounreay in third and fourth places respectively . |
| 11 | In one way they should do something about people having second homes and make it more , that they get more tax out of them or something |
| 12 | In all cases the interview was the most important device with qualifications coming second for non-manuals . |
| 13 | This flexibility allows a typical student entering second year to have a choice of honours degree courses between Engineering disciplines or between Engineering and a science subject . |
| 14 | In the best cereal-growing areas , arable farming may dominate the scene , with animals and grass taking second place . |
| 15 | Patients taking second line antiarthritic treatment were included in the study . |
| 16 | McKinnon said he would like to see more plays of this quality receiving second and third productions in Scotland where there was a tendency to forget about a play after its premiere . |
| 17 | He does n't need other players becoming second class news because their colleague is grabbing all the headlines for the wrong reasons . |
| 18 | The Smiths won best group , top songwriters , fourth and twelfth best LPs , three of the top twenty singles and Marr was top instrumentalist with Morrissey taking second best dressed person , fourth most wonderful human being and an appropriate placing in the ‘ creep of the year ’ award . |
| 19 | Coal imports will double in Japan over the next twenty years or so with coal becoming second only to oil as an energy supplier , at about one-quarter of demand . |
| 20 | It was you said how it was wrong to waste what the Good Lord provides us for nothing , only to throw away hard-earned cash at the Superstore buying second best . |
| 21 | In both instances , India and South Africa , the sides batting second , could have faced their full quota of overs . |
| 22 | The manner in which these principles of linguistic organisation are involved in the real-time learning of languages — whether it is in the case of children learning their native languages , or adults learning second languages — raises many important questions about the way that innate principles and actual experience of language interact to produce the competence that speakers have in the languages they speak . |
| 23 | Reports alleging second " Green March " |
| 24 | All except the 25 pence of the £4.25 entrance fee goes to the rider coming second . |