Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |
| 2 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |
| 4 | It 's a good job they 'd got the second book off to the publishers . |
| 5 | He says that he was told his father was alive after the first crash … by the time he 'd had the second crash in the rescue boat he was dead . |
| 6 | This argument , however , seemed to defy the second law of thermodynamics which suggests that energy tends to become dissipated and order to dissolve . |
| 7 | United started the second half with a little bit more spirit , a Les Phillips header was tipped over the bar by Stowell . |
| 8 | When she 'd finished the second glass , he was still there , and still trying to catch her eye . |
| 9 | Joe did n't speak again until we 'd finished the second stage . |
| 10 | This suggestion seemed to prevent the second law of thermodynamics from being violated in most situations . |
| 11 | Firstly , the rice-salt solution failed to fulfil the second criterion , which demands that the materials needed for preparing the mixture should be affordable by all who need them : The actual components of the mixture were readily available , indeed this was one of the reasons which prompted BRAC to substitute rice for the less readily available gur . |
| 12 | With more violent shakes of the head , Eleanor began demolishing the second tissue . |
| 13 | As soon as she 'd finished eating Luce moved the tray on to a side-table and , not without a pang , began to read the second diary , followed by the third . |
| 14 | A minor problem which threatened to delay the second volume of Mary Leapor 's work was the epitaph [ see ML , 2 , 324 ] . |
| 15 | Details of the plot , seen by some as an attempt to derail the negotiations , threatened to jeopardize the second round of talks between the ANC and the government scheduled for Aug. 6 . |
| 16 | The procedures employed to conduct the second multi-agency enumeration survey were similar to those adopted in the first survey , the main differences being the need to revise the agencies employed to enumerate problem drug users ( see Parker et al . |
| 17 | Brian Lara ( 86 off 91 balls with two sixes and 13 fours ) and Desmond Haynes ( 59 off 71 balls , a six and seven fours ) wiped off the 153 needed to win the second match from just 25.5 overs . |
| 18 | In 1975 , the BCA decided to publish the second edition of the scheme in parts , commencing in 1977 with the Introductory volume and Classes J ( Education ) , P ( Religion ) and Q ( Social Welfare ) . |
| 19 | But in 1935 the Legislature decided to take the second and more straightforward course . |
| 20 | EAST GERMANY yesterday effectively barred its citizens from Czechoslovakia , but agreed to allow the second wave of refugees crammed into the West German embassy in Prague to leave for the West . |
| 21 | Liberal attempts to find a middle way between radical demands for outright confiscation of noble land and conservative rejection of land reform failed to save the Second Duma . |
| 22 | I only managed to see the second programme when still perhaps a little punch-drunk from over-exposure to Bournonville at the Copenhagen festival , but I relished the four examples of choreography by Mark Morris and Lar Lubovitch , particularly when they showed off Baryshnikov . |
| 23 | Then Gabriel went to visit the second brother , who was now running a great farm , with dairies , and butcheries where they sold meat , and tanneries where they sold boots and saddles and all kinds of things made out of leather . |
| 24 | North said he would have offered the Iranians a free trip to Disneyland or a ride on the space shuttle ; George Cave , the interpreter , offered to send the Second Channel to Miami Beach . |
| 25 | He had been invited either to refute the allegations publicly or to withdraw from the elections , and reportedly chose to take the second option . |
| 26 | ‘ He returned from patrol duty shortly after you departed to investigate the second energy trace , ’ explained the junior . |
| 27 | He had completed the second nine in 29 for a round of 68 and a total of 273 , finishing with six successive birdies . |
| 28 | But after the All Blacks had won the Second Test 59–6 Mains was rather more relaxed and in fact exuded some confidence about the prospects of his new-look team . |
| 29 | I hit the first man with the wooden end of my gun and he fell down , but I had to shoot the second man . |
| 30 | Besides , the author of the Gesta — like his predecessor who had produced the second genealogy of the counts of Flanders — was heavily imbued with Sallustian learning . |