Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun pl] in the second " in BNC.

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1 No fewer than 39,000 members of the Merchant Service lost their lives in the Second World War , many of them in the Western Approaches , yet they are invariably overshadowed by their more glamorous allies in the Royal Navy .
2 The stragglers took their seats in the second half of the train .
3 Voters can cast their votes in the second ballot in the light of that knowledge , and will be similarly well informed before they cast them in the third and fourth .
4 The failure is said to have its origins in the second half of the nineteenth century when a number of changes were taking place in the structure of British domestic banking , and in the nature of corporate ownership .
5 Right now , Jordan would settle for a goalless draw and take his chances in the second leg at Tynecastle .
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