Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] their second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , the proportion of teachers who , having successfully completed the first year , stay on into the second in order to obtain the Certificate in Education ( FE ) is proving to be extremely high : for example , of the 1,128 candidates for the first year courses being offered in 1979–80 , no fewer than 1,024 moved into their second year in 1980–1 . |
| 2 | The problems with the gearboxes of the 141s , 142s and 143s were well publicised as the 1980s drew into their second half . |
| 3 | Mark Wright , John Barnes , Ian Rush and David Burrows were all missing as Liverpool crashed to their second defeat in four days . |
| 4 | And yet the matter was quickly screened out as Pakistan set out to secure the piffling 138 needed for their second Test victory at Lord 's . |
| 5 | Of about half a million foundlings christened in workhouses after 1728 , only 40 per cent survived to their second birthday . |
| 6 | THE First Division promotion race was thrown wide open last night when Kilmarnock slumped to their second successive league defeat . |
| 7 | Souness was still grumbling about the decisions that went against his team — the penalty that gave Coventry their first goal , the free-kick that led to their second , an offside flag that never came for the third and the sending off of Jamie Redknapp . |
| 8 | Paul Weston scored in the first half for Stockton , but it was not until the last five minutes that Paul Bromley crossed for their second try . |
| 9 | And a high percentage of these companies died before their second or third birthday . |