Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for Mum the Second World War was still present in our streets , the streets where she 'd been brought up . |
| 2 | I understand from 's nephew that the electric convector in the sitting room is dead , and shall speak to about some kind of replacement , though there is of course the second convector in the bedroom which should suffice at this time of year . |
| 3 | First prize of tapes worth £100 goes to of while the second prize of £50 worth of tapes is on its way to of and the third prize of £25 worth of tapes goes to of . |
| 4 | By now you 'll be out and about all the time on your scooter but , just in case the second Thursday of the month should dawn wet and windy again , I have chosen yours as this month 's Star Letter . |
| 5 | I did not dawdle , but as I had to pass our post pigeonholes , from force of habit I looked in mine in case the second post had been sorted early . |
| 6 | In fact the second piece , Remembrance , maintains its ritualistic continuity more through the long-held lines in the background than in the sombre broken utterances of the solo trombone . |
| 7 | Today is in fact the second National Incest Awareness Day called by the fledgling charity Independent Care after Incestuous Relationship and Rape ( ICAIRR ) . |
| 8 | His study , which was in fact the second bedroom , was acquiring an important , even scholarly , appearance . |
| 9 | She could be bluffing we do n't that do we for certain erm yes we have got one who will accept the salary yes we could take one from outside the field that 's why I wanted this deadline so if we do n't get the increase in salary by this date we can then start planning and take on board the second tier level |
| 10 | The toolkit is scheduled for release the second half of 1993 . |
| 11 | By contrast the second version — almost a mirror-image of the first — expresses only justified weariness . |
| 12 | By contrast the second of the appeals concerned a young couple who had signed separate , but identical , agreements with respect to a flat which stipulated that they were not to have exclusive possession . |