Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] the second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bull exploited hesitancy in the Polish defence when he headed in the second goal in the 36th minute , again from a Smith cross , after good work by David Batty . |
| 2 | ‘ When he played in the second row there is no space for him to run into . |
| 3 | Next season , when he made his sole first-class century ( 101 against WA at Perth ) , he played in the second Test against South Africa , at Melbourne , and took four wickets . |
| 4 | Grinning , he turned to the second card . |
| 5 | He nodded towards the second bedroom . |
| 6 | He nodded at the second tunnel mouth . |
| 7 | He decided on the second option as the wheels touched down . |
| 8 | He reached for the second file . |
| 9 | ‘ Has the postman been yet ? ’ he demanded for the second time . |
| 10 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 11 | Supporters of Mr Paul Davies , his chief opponent , believe he won on the second ballot . |
| 12 | The first casualty of the match was , for a change , a West Indian fast bowler , when Marshall fractured his left thumb trying to stop a shot from Broad ; yet even this worked against England , for it simply inspired him to his best Test figures when he bowled in the second innings . |
| 13 | This is what he said in the Second Reading of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill on 21 May 1992 : |
| 14 | This is what he said in the Second Reading of the Maastricht bill : |
| 15 | The 57,000 boat people in Hong Kong are taxing the colony 's resources and nearly 90 per cent of new arrivals are unlikely to qualify as refugees , he said in the second day 's debate on the Queen 's speech . |
| 16 | In August 1971 , the same year in which he married for the second time , Canetti 's brother , Georg , was dying . |
| 17 | Towards the end of his long life he married for the second time . |
| 18 | He travelled in the second week of August 1939 . |
| 19 | He pointed to the second shelf , a third of the way along from the left . |