Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crew in the box , I second crew oh look I got second crew , second crew |
| 2 | I got second prize . |
| 3 | Well my son , Andrew , was involved with some of these discussions , so what I did n't learn first hand myself I learned second hand from him . |
| 4 | I won second prize , being beaten by a boy named Bryant , who the following month emigrated with his family to South Africa . |
| 5 | I won second prize . |
| 6 | And I won second prize which is England ! |
| 7 | ‘ I had second thoughts , ’ she admitted candidly , her answering smile a little pinched . |
| 8 | He masked the fear in his eyes with the vacant , subservient glaze which became second nature to military personnel . |
| 9 | And I do n't think you can do that , I think we 've got too many good players which proved second half ; the passion was super second half . |
| 10 | You got second crew which is two |
| 11 | According to John Herbert , who became second Secretary of State in 1600 , it had three principal functions : the business of the Queen , in which it ‘ doth handle principally questions and consultations of state ’ ; disputes between party and party , which might involve either criminal or civil suits or a mixture of the two ; and disputes ‘ wherein the Queen is a party ’ . |
| 12 | She was the British critics ' favourite on both the Bolshoi 's tours here , but for 20 years she played second fiddle to Grigorovich 's wife , Bessmertnova . |
| 13 | Now that was almost cruel , thought Shirley , as she offered second helpings . |
| 14 | In the Channel 1 class the leading boats from last weekend 's Beaufort Dyke Off-shore Race should feature strongly including the J Class Jacana owned by Maurice Flowers of Ballyholme Yacht Club , the race-winner and Roy Hamilton 's Commanche Raider from Carrick Sailing Club who took second place last weekend . |
| 15 | Another example , I 'm afraid , of the impertinence of conductors in supposing that composers who had second thoughts were necessarily hankering after their first versions all the time . |
| 16 | Sometimes we read second hand papers . |
| 17 | We were probably the better side for long spells whereas we played second fiddle to Portadown the entire match . |
| 18 | If we play like we did second half against Watford we would n't have a problem . |
| 19 | Pipe Major Tom Buchanan and the Boys and Girls of Monkstown Mossley School Band had a glorious day when they took second prize and Best Corps of Drums in the Novice Juvenile Band section . |
| 20 | They had second thoughts and eventually challenged the legal effectiveness of the memorandum . |
| 21 | Page 27 Buoyant Borland : Borland International said it expected second quarter results to beat analysts ' expectations after buoyant sales of Paradox , the US software company 's database product . |
| 22 | It 's a well set out machine and using it became second nature after just a couple of hours . |
| 23 | It became second nature . ’ |
| 24 | He was educated at Marlborough and at New College , Oxford , where he obtained second classes in classical honour moderations ( 1895 ) and literae humaniores ( 1897 ) . |
| 25 | He obtained second classes in classical honour moderations ( 1898 ) , literae humaniores ( 1900 ) , and theology ( 1901 ) , and was awarded a Liddon exhibition in 1900 and a Denyer and Johnson scholarship in 1902 . |
| 26 | just missing out on a win was local powerboater Steve Kerton … in the French round of the world formula one championships at Chalon he took second place but is still chasing hard for the crown … which he 's never won … |
| 27 | But at times last season I felt it took second place from a few other clubs . ’ |
| 28 | He won second prize in the 1985 John Player Award , and his commission to paint the Prince of Wales came when Charles saw an exhibition of his work in Halifax last year and asked for a portrait for his private collection — a rare honour for any artist . |
| 29 | It won second prize . |
| 30 | Only Zed Juron was wholly uninjured — that slab of a man was so nimble at dodging , as if he had second sight — though a ricocheting shuriken had smashed his communicator . |