Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] for [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 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 .
3 Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board .
4 Ben Gill was re-elected for a second year as deputy , and Tony Pexton for a second year as vice-president .
5 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 .
6 In other words , Abingdon Weir Slalom was blessed for the second year running with good weather and moving water .
7 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 .
8 Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time .
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