Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 2 | Marinello 's arrival at Arsenal was greeted like the second coming . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Dundela and Donegal Celtic were paired in the second round of the Steel and Sons Cup when the draw was made on Monday evening . |
| 4 | The Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ) government of Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford was returned for a second five-year term at a general election on Jan. 22 . |
| 5 | The WRVS was founded during the Second World War and has around 150,000 volunteers ( 13% of whom are men ) providing a variety of services in the community . |
| 6 | Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board . |
| 7 | Ben Gill was re-elected for a second year as deputy , and Tony Pexton for a second year as vice-president . |
| 8 | Spooked was running in the second race . |
| 9 | Fujimori was elected on a second round of voting in June 1990 [ see p. 37528 ] . |
| 10 | Owr unlucky 4-too defeet at Northtown was overshaded by the second sendingoff this season 4 Trever Probe after an hi kicking insident , in which the refereez jaw was broken . |
| 11 | A Wembley spectator , Busby thought Sunderland were outclassed in the second half but not disgraced . |
| 12 | ELABORATE last-ditch attempts to save a town from lava flowing from Sicily 's Mount Etna were postponed for a second day yesterday because of poor weather . |
| 13 | The temple of Hera was built in the second quarter of the century , clearly under mainland influence . |
| 14 | Of the rest Matthew Cooper played as a fledgling in the All Blacks ' scamper through Japan in 1987 ; Jon Preston had one game in the World Cup last year ; Kevin Schuler appeared briefly as a replacement in France in 1990 ; and Graham Dowd had been the reserve hooker for the World Cup and the home series against the World XV and managed a short time on the field when Richard Loe was injured in the second half of the First Test against Ireland . |
| 15 | As Sir John Fortescue was to write in the second half of the fifteenth century , ‘ a King 's war is a legal trial by battle [ when ] he seeks the right he can not obtain by peaceful means ’ . |
| 16 | In other words , Abingdon Weir Slalom was blessed for the second year running with good weather and moving water . |
| 17 | Navigation and survey project work run from Swindon was dominated by a second season working for the Italian Government on search and salvage of aircraft wreckage deep offshore Italy . |
| 18 | A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count . |
| 19 | To add to Darlington 's problems , centre Steve Ellis was injured in the second half and club skipper Mark Layfield was called into action for the first time in two months following injury . |
| 20 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 21 | The suburban southern venue for the selection board is more than just convenient ( a sortie into Lancashire was abandoned after the second session ) , it is a metaphor for the new style of the party . |