Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] a second " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time the university created a second demonstratorship to which Fenton was appointed . |
| 2 | In 1981 the brigade received a second hand fire engine from the local fire department and in 1989 public donations allowed them to buy a second reconditioned engine . |
| 3 | The Ballet Club paid a second visit to Johannesburg in July 1944 , and John wrote to Hanns , exclaiming jubilantly that ‘ We arranged for me to have meals at the Carlton , so I have been dining in style this week ! ’ |
| 4 | His unusual choice and his talent brought a second audition , and then the coveted part in the West End . |
| 5 | The observations with the coil-diode circuit included a second period-doubling sequence after the window of ordered behaviour . |
| 6 | ‘ The old boy married a second time and she 's a splendid woman . |
| 7 | After Berry returned home to England with his party , Valeri Krishchaty and his team made a second attempt on the North-East ridge from their camp five at around 7,900m. close to the beginning of the pinnacles . |
| 8 | Nine rebleeders of the epinephrine group received a second injection ( 3 cases ) or epinephrine plus pure alcohol ( 6 cases ) and eight achieved ultimate haemostasis . |
| 9 | Eddie Pounder scored a second half hat-trick , capping another good performance . |
| 10 | C&P 's Teesside Community Affairs Group arranged a second visit by environmental group ‘ Teeswatch ’ recently . |
| 11 | The band released a second single , ‘ Oh June ’ in June , which reached number 12 in the Northern Ireland charts . |
| 12 | The waiter brought a second beer and set it before Miguel . |
| 13 | In Amethi , the constituency of the Prime Minister , Mr Rajiv Gandhi , in the next state of Uttar Pradesh , his main opponent demanded a second poll in one area . |
| 14 | The " Pentagonale " group of central European countries ( Austria , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Italy and Yugoslavia ) became the " Hexagonal " group with the admission of Poland at its meeting in Dubrovnik on July 27 ; the group issued a second statement on Yugoslavia [ see p. 38209 ] , on this occasion omitting any mention of Yugoslavia 's territorial integrity . |
| 15 | Lady Porter , the council 's leader , thought the occasion merited a second trumpet-blast — so she resigned . |
| 16 | The coup of 1330 which finally overthrew the regime and established Edward III as king opened a second successful phase in Beaumont 's career . |
| 17 | The Norwegian court issued a second Letter of Request and the ‘ civil or commercial ’ point was taken again , and argued before a differently constituted Court of Appeal . |
| 18 | The same bench deferred a second application last month and will make a final decision on May 13 . |
| 19 | Early in the 1920s , Father opened a second shop , then a third , this time in Mansfield . |
| 20 | For reasons which are both obscure and immaterial , there was considerable delay in this report coming to the attention of the local authority having the care of J. When in January 1992 it did come to the authority 's notice , Dr. I. was asked to provide a further up to date report and in addition the authority obtained a second opinion from Dr. R. , a consultant paediatric neurologist with a London teaching hospital . |
| 21 | Fifteen minutes were to pass before the bell rang a second time , succeeded by that awful rattle . |
| 22 | The political élite regarded the situation after December 1848 as one which would be finite , destined to end in 1852 with the election of a new President , who could not be Louis-Napoleon since the Constitution precluded a second term . |
| 23 | British Gas announced a second quarter current cost loss before tax of £82m , compared with £183m profit in the same period last year . |
| 24 | Clause read a Second time . |
| 25 | After the 1987 election the government introduced a second wave of UDCs in Cardiff , Bristol , Manchester , Trafford Park , Sheffield , Leeds , Tyneside and Wearside , Teesside and the Black Country . |
| 26 | In 1986 the government launched a second scheme under the title of ‘ Helping the Community to Care ’ . |
| 27 | That discussion in turn reflected a second difference . |
| 28 | She watched as the mare completed a second circuit in canter , waiting for her rider to ask for the gallop . |
| 29 | So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas . |
| 30 | By the second year however the district was reconciled to the idea as the dangers of instability receded , and the unit became a second wave trust . |