Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Halfway through their feeding by the two adult bluetits , a pair of blackbirds appeared on the scene … and began to provide second helpings to every meal ! |
| 2 | In Downing Street , the Cabinet began to have second thoughts . |
| 3 | Benny realized with a shock that he meant it , and began to have second thoughts . |
| 4 | For the first time Shannon began to have second thoughts about the trip . |
| 5 | Praeiectus , however , although he was one of the five , began to have second thoughts , because of a vision which his mother had had , forecasting a great ecclesiastical career . |
| 6 | This was still a minor office with little independent authority , and Duncombe continued to play second fiddle to the successive lords treasurer with whom he served . |
| 7 | Throughout her married life she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband . |
| 8 | Indeed global trade liberalization soon had to take second place to the search for regional solutions — notably in Europe . |
| 9 | In these forms of academic reflection on politics , empirical observations and explanations of the origins and survival of actual elites tended to take second place . |