Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [pron] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has happened before and no matter what people say I think in my second year we were about 16th or 17th . ’ |
| 2 | A further consequence for linguistic form exists in the examples ( 40 ) to ( 43 ) but , before that , let us turn to our second question ; we can now see why postnominals could often have an " aura " of emphasis , yet without this being clearly and consistently present . |
| 3 | ‘ Your wife wo n't like you acting as my second skin . ’ |
| 4 | It is not too difficult to imagine how this could slip quietly into polyandry : females could develop the habit of mating with a second male and letting him care for her second clutch . |
| 5 | What secrets does she share with her second husband , the Earl of Angus ? ’ |