Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford United hope to secure their place in the second round of the Coca Cola Cup tonight . |
| 2 | The nationalist movements and the new nations which made their appearance after the Second World War thus displayed features which distinguish them in some ways from the earlier movements which led to the formation of nation states in Western Europe , because they arose in a very different international context — in a highly developed capitalist world economy , in the aftermath of a division of the world among powerful imperialist nations , and in the midst of political transformations resulting from the growth of the socialist movement . |
| 3 | Gooch and the England selectors meet in Manchester to choose their squad for the second Test at Lord 's , and Atherton 's place as Gooch 's opening partner is one of those up for discussion . |
| 4 | But after a topsy-turvy match at Midgley Park it was the Swifts who booked their place in the second round , running out winners . |
| 5 | The visiting party , including an HMI in attendance , was horrified , dropped their agenda for the second day and went through the problems as they had perceived them with the management group and the Academic Board : |
| 6 | Town lifted their game in the second half with Phil Whelan and Eddie Youds snuffing out any threat . |
| 7 | The Chorley Machine Knitting Club hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month , 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Astley Village Community Centre , Nr Chorley . |
| 8 | The Ivel Machine Knitters Club hold their meetings on the second Thursday of every month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at The Labour Hall , . |
| 9 | Whether the Halls , who remain the major shareholders with 42pc , will withdraw their support from the Second Division club remains to be seen . |
| 10 | But just three days before the England selectors name their team for the second Test against Australia at Lord 's , Fletcher was not too concerned about Gower 's injury-enforced absence . |
| 11 | On the more serious side , make a pilgrimage to the infamous ‘ Death Railway ’ in the River Kwai Valley where thousands lost their lives during the Second World War . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Gayle made it 2–0 with a sweet 36th-minute volley , but the visitors lost their way in the second period . |
| 14 | After supplying his sixth goal of the season , Shaughnessy forced Beasley into a full length save yet Runcorn completely lost their way in the second half . |
| 15 | A tendency to absorb smaller houses and to engage in a conscious policy of territorial expansion appears to have marked their behaviour in the second half of the thirteenth century . |
| 16 | After a generation in which we can detect only rather humdrum work in the Kerameikos , the Athenians established their supremacy in the second quarter of the century . |
| 17 | The stragglers took their seats in the second half of the train . |
| 18 | It is difficult to generalise , but we all thought that the pupils related their work on the Second World War to the current conflict in the Gulf . |
| 19 | But he has accepted the captaincy of his club , Blackrock College , who won their way to the second division of the All Ireland League in 1990–91 and Mullin will devote all his playing activities to Rock 's welfare . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If a second insemination is required this is not free ( as with natural mating ) because a second straw has to be paid for , however many inseminators will not charge their expenses for the second visit . |
| 22 | YORKSHIRE Cup holders defend their title in the second round with a derby on a date to be arranged . |
| 23 | YORKSHIRE Cup holders defend their title in the second round with a derby on a date to be arranged . |