Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No more risque sketches and you 're to get everything toned down in the second half . ’ |
| 2 | Responsibilities , I mean , it would have to be torn down and build up again it was in such a bad shape , it was really , I mean , terrible , it must of been , it was , it was man who lived in since the second world war , alright , so you get . |
| 3 | He hooked badly off the second tee , was unplayable and took six . |
| 4 | We therefore moved over to the second limb of the permanency strategy , the strategy of placement in substitute new families preferably for adoption . |
| 5 | Table 4.7 compares the action and control samples between first and second assessments , omitting all those who died or moved away before the second interview , and any who refused to take part in the tests on either occasion . |
| 6 | I just did half and half and then I built up with the second couple of days then I did twenty minutes and then by the end of the week I went twenty five minutes half an hour . |
| 7 | Speed had dropped back and Wallace moved upwards in the second half . |
| 8 | However , despite the setbacks , the game bounced back after the Second World War and , in a similar way to the developments in France and Romania at the turn of the century , it made inroads into Soviet universities . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Hull moved out of the Second Division relegation zone for the first time since mid-September with a 2-1 win over Plymouth last night — their fourth win in their last six games and their third successive victory under the new manager Stan Ternant . |
| 11 | So you know , these traditions die hard but I m but things had to change and they changed really after the Second World War . |
| 12 | The relative positions of the players changed and changed again over the second half and , as we waited on the eighteenth tee , Miguel had edged yet again one shot ahead of Jack . |
| 13 | yeah , you see , so we were laughing about this , anyway , Christopher phoned up and said he got through to the second part , he was the only one that was going through to the second part and he phoned up about forty five minutes later to say that he 'd erm , he 'd got the job |
| 14 | The K2s got away on the second attempt . |
| 15 | They righted the boat , however , and got away at the second attempt . |
| 16 | The fair gradually declined during the 1930 's and ceased just before the Second World War ; but it has continued to be proclaimed each St Swithin 's Day , except when this falls on a Sunday and then the custom usually takes place on the following day . |
| 17 | Steam lorries lingered on after the Second World War , largely because of the shortage of oil . |
| 18 | Paul came on in the second half of the game in Dublin last week and played well . |
| 19 | Gloucester won 14 -3 and Nottingham dropped down to the second division … this time around the Kingsholm men are looking over their shoulders … but those relegation worries were eased last Saturday with that 18-6 win over London Irish … tonight it 's a club match no league points to be won or lost but Gloucester want every win they can get |
| 20 | Morgenthau 's Realist theory was , as we have said , based on six principles , outlined in an introductory chapter added only in the second edition of the book ; this fact may explain why the six principles do not deal explicitly with two of the three concepts that are central to the remainder of the book , namely ‘ national interest ’ and the ‘ balance of power ’ . |
| 21 | Lesley turned smartly left as the lights changed , and wound her way by back-streets to the parking-ground on the edge of the shopping centre , a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete , at which she gazed with resigned distaste as she crept slowly up to the barrier and drove in to the second tier . |
| 22 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 23 | However , the worst outrage on Fox Hill came only after the Second World War , when horrid concrete housing was plonked on the top . |
| 24 | Hereford equalised early in the second half through richard Jones . |
| 25 | Stevie Gallagher 's shot was brilliantly saved by Andy Blackwood as Dunmurry came back in the second half but the visitors went two ahead through a penalty by Andy McMenamin and the cross from the right was turned in by Gareth Healey for the third with eight minutes left . |
| 26 | The only goal came midway through the second half . |
| 27 | One goal was good enough … it came midway through the second half … skipper Andy Melville ran it in and ran off to celebrate … |
| 28 | The winner came midway through the second half . |
| 29 | Gary dropped out after the second round because of 'flu or something . |
| 30 | Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal . |