Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for [art] second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took the lead courtesy of Trevor Smith 's sixth goal of the season but were pegged back by an equaliser from Johnny Jameson who failed to appear for the second half . |
| 2 | BRITAIN 'S trade gap with non-EC nations has narrowed for the second month in a row , it was revealed today . |
| 3 | Tests of the head do not definitely identify its age and Oxford has asked for a second sample . |
| 4 | When Sir John let go for the second time at the age of 86 in 1982 , he put Littlewoods in the hands of the first non-family chairman . |
| 5 | To see this , imagine repeating for a second country the process just described for the first . |
| 6 | During November the three largest parties announced their candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for April 26 , 1992 , to elect a successor to Kurt Waldheim , who had in June 1991 declined to stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 7 | Peter Butler , 40 , got divorced for the second time two years ago . |
| 8 | Now back at Jan Smuts Airport , X-Ray Foxtrot may well have flown for the second time in civvies by the time these words are read . |
| 9 | Less than a week ago , he said that this congress would strip the party of its ideology and change its name , but it now looks likely that he will have to settle for the second half of the forecast . |
| 10 | I know the ‘ next steps ’ , i.e. when I will be contacted and when I might have to return for a second interview . |
| 11 | Kenneth , last seen nineteen eighty two , lived in the Sleaford area , a retired senior nursing officer at Hospital Holbeach , er m may have married for a second time , Kenneth he 's got a son Ian Mark . |
| 12 | Boss Alex Ferguson may now gamble on his veteran as United prepare for the second leg of this UEFA Cup tie with the scores at 0-0 . |
| 13 | Nicandra was standing waiting for a second turn at her reflection , her attitude a droop of pure unhappiness . |
| 14 | Ghozali 's immediate reaction to the amendments had been to threaten to ask for a second reading of the bill . |
| 15 | Such a page , offered to the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York , for £25,000 , finally led to James 's arrest , as the sheet was recognised by Dr Estelle Whelan of the Centre for Iranian Studies at Columbia University , to whom the Met had turned for a second opinion . |
| 16 | In the run-up to recognition , the commander of the Second Military District , General Milutin Kukanjao , hinted strongly that he wished to opt for the second option . |
| 17 | By the mid-1980s the Thatcher government was coming under increasingly embarrassing criticism that it had opted for the second style of social policy . |
| 18 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 19 | Not a snap or a twang , but the hamstring had gone for the second time in successive matches . |
| 20 | It was in her honour that he , too , had shaved for a second time and puffed Carole 's deodorant over his private parts . |
| 21 | Ward J. took evidence on the telephone from Dr. F. , who had spoken to Miss T. in the maternity unit after she had stated for the second time that she did not wish to have a blood transfusion and before she had signed the refusal form . |
| 22 | By the time that Orchard made his last will in January 1504 he had married for a second time . |
| 23 | ARSONISTS have struck for the second time in five days at a Middlesbrough park . |