Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the second [noun sg] " 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 | This letter was prefixed to the second volume of Leapor 's verse published in 1751 . |
| 3 | The case against Therese Dunne ( 42 ) , a buyer with Dunnes Stores , was halted for the second time in three months yesterday because of the alleged interference . |
| 4 | And though the World Council Churches was formed before the second world war yet , the first assembly was not held until nineteen forty eight at Amsterdam ! |
| 5 | According to that author , early in Murad II 's reign Molla Fenari 's position was shaken by the second revolt of the pretender known as Duzme Mustafa , associated by Husameddin with Seyh Bedreddin in the earlier " Melami " revolts . |
| 6 | After Fawn Hall , a break was arranged before the second act in which , after excursions by a few minor players , North was to appear . |
| 7 | JANSHER KHAN narrowly avoided a ban but was fined for the second time in six weeks by the International Squash Players Association yesterday — and lost ranking points which may cost him his world No.1 spot . |
| 8 | A cover was installed over the second seat and a new canopy and windscreen were built . |
| 9 | Locke 's discussion of personal identity , which was added in the second edition of the Essay on the suggestion of Molyneux , has been of lasting interest to philosophers . |
| 10 | North-East champion Brian Rushworth finished a best-ever 11th in the senior men 's race , which was won for the second time by Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres gold medallist Eamonn Martin , of Basildon . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | Mr Haynes said that a further charge of £100,000 was expected in the second half . |
| 13 | The current-account imbalances in the three largest economies , West Germany , Japan and the USA , shrank more than was expected in the second half of 1989 . |
| 14 | Hatcher , by contrast , prefers a 1377 figure in the 23/4–3 million range , and thinks it unlikely that this was exceeded until the second quarter of the sixteenth century . |
| 15 | Hernán Ramírez Rurange , the Director of the Army Intelligence Directorate ( Dine ) , was transferred to the second Army division , based in Santiago . |
| 16 | Although conditions were hard the industry was booming in the second half of the 19th century and there were regular jobs for most people . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The FN candidate led in the first round of voting , but was defeated in the second round by 50.6 per cent to 49.4 per cent by a centre-right candidate supported by all the mainstream parties . |
| 20 | The reader who has followed what was said in the second chapter will already have appreciated the nature of the trust , one of the most characteristic institutions of English Law , and its enormous importance as a part of our law of property . |
| 21 | Newman , a decision in which the misappropriation theory was adopted by the Second Circuit for the first time , the court held that Newman had stolen information from his employer and had thereby breached his fiduciary duties to his employer and his employer 's clients . |
| 22 | Comity considerations were viewed with much more favour , and reference was made to the Second Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States which , in a recent revision , had identified factors to be weighed in cases of discovery abroad : |
| 23 | Preston Barracks was built before the Second World War for a cavalry regiment . |
| 24 | If your house was built before the Second World War it may still have lead piping . |
| 25 | Opposite at No. 36 is the Lobkovic palace , formerly the palace of the Pernštejn family , which was built in the second half of the 16C and restored in 1651–8 by Carlo Lurago . |
| 26 | The temple of Hera was built in the second quarter of the century , clearly under mainland influence . |
| 27 | The resolution , co-sponsored by Australia , New Zealand , and 14 other states , including several Pacific Island nations , was presented to the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in November 1989 . |
| 28 | The club , in Normanby Road , and its stand have been the scene of a series of unexplained fires , the latest being last Friday when the stand was gutted for the second time . |
| 29 | The pressure on V. P. Singh to remove Chauthala became overwhelming after the Meham election was countermanded for the second time . |
| 30 | 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 . |