Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] on the second [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ITALIAN Fabrizio Tescari won his first World Cup race as defending champion Alberto Tomba crashed out on the second leg of yesterday 's slalom in Sestriere , Italy .
2 The K2s got away on the second attempt .
3 For example , in ‘ Japan ’ the primary stress is on the last syllable , but when we add the stress-carrying suffix ‘ -ese ’ the primary stress is on the suffix and the secondary stress is placed not on the second syllable but on the first : ‘ Japanese ’ .
4 The change in depends only on the second derivatives at x , and so these derivatives must embody the curvature information .
5 Er , the following three pages of the papers sent out to members still stand , but there is some confusion in the numbering on er , the first page of the rest of the report , and there was a section missed out on the second page of the report which er , we 've inserted in the new papers there .
6 On the other hand they indicated that former President Giscard d'Estaing ( UDF ) was likely to do better on the second ballot by taking centrist votes , with the result that , in late 1990 , the UDF seemed less concerned to reach an agreement .
7 But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail .
8 Things change dramatically on the second repetition , however .
9 The curtain went up on the second act to reveal the face from this image lying on the ground where it was walked over and trampled on by the cast .
10 Garth McCartney and Philip Young were the only drivers who could challenge Emerson but they both went out on the second stage , McCartney retiring with broken throttle linkage and Young crashing .
11 However , Nicol failed to capitalise on his lead and went out on the second match ball .
12 It could be argued that had England scored faster on the second day they would have won comfortably , but having controlled the game from the beginning they were desperately unlucky to lose out to the weather ; and for the fans listening at home it was especially frustrating that it was a beautiful evening in England .
13 Other potential candidates , who were remaining loyal to Ted but who it was known would come in on the second ballot if Ted were defeated , were quietly being accused of cowardice by the Neave camp .
14 Now he sets out on the second stage of the journey , with Sarai , his childless wife , and his nephew Lot .
15 Never the most fluent of jumpers , she put in some unnecessarily extravagant leaps before settling down on the second circuit , but then met the final open ditch all wrong and deposited the hapless Mullins on the floor .
16 This is the life down on the Copacobana beach in Rio … sun shining … waves crashing in on the sand … and its here that Liz Macdonald from Gloucester is setting off on the second leg of the British Steel Challenge … she 's on board the Nuclear Electric yacht … from Rio they round Cape Horn and head for Hobart … they 'll be racing for six weeks …
17 It was burned down on the second anniversary of the Falklands War .
18 Kolchinsky sat down on the second chair and handed Philpott a brown packet .
19 In 776 , when the Frankish army set out on the second invasion of Italy to quell the rebellious supporters of Prince Adelchis , the Westphalians and Engrialls revolted .
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