Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to see the second one — Neferukhebit , ’ said Huy briskly . |
| 2 | Thames Water say they want to build the second biggest reservoir in England on land in South Oxfordshire . |
| 3 | And if there were n't enough Mansoori boys of the right age for Mansoori girls then the answer was either spinsterhood or a long wait to become the second wife of an older man . |
| 4 | Despite this broad formulation , the courts still continue to use the second limb of the formula , that a requirement of the Act has not been complied with . |
| 5 | It is obviously to the husband 's advantage in such circumstances to seek to persuade the first mortgagee to offer the wife a further advance of sufficient amount to repay the second charge . |
| 6 | The announcement on the morning of 22 November of Mrs Thatcher 's decision to resign came as a dramatic surprise to the public because , up to that point , all the outward signs had been that she intended to stick to her initial resolve to contest the second ballot . |
| 7 | I 've received the second half of BB 's script and have sent a copy on to her in Bath . |
| 8 | I 've done the second lesson of it |
| 9 | I 've done the second question |
| 10 | Well I 'll just see the first part of Eastenders if I can cos I 've seen the second part . |
| 11 | This month we 've got the second of Cliff Gallup 's exciting solos from Race With The Devil , recorded in 1956 , when he was a member of Eugene Vincent Craddock 's Blue Caps ( yes , that 's Gene Vincent ! ) |
| 12 | she said you 've got the second biggest cock or you are the second biggest cock she 's ever seen ? |
| 13 | No she said I 've got the second biggest co cock I mean that she 'd ever seen . |
| 14 | However , due to the unusual position the band found themselves in , I prefer to believe the second official theory . |
| 15 | Erm and also we take take the second year 's payment a year later . |
| 16 | And I 've lost the second one . |
| 17 | The probes used for Southern and Northern Blot hybridisation were Ea cDNA ( 41 ) , Eb cDNA ( 42 ) , Ea 695 bp ( Pst I/Kpn I fragment covering the second exon of Ea d ) and 5'Ea 1.1kb ( Sac I/Sal I 1.1 kb fragment isolated from cosmid 32.1 ) ( 26 ) and β-actin cDNA ( 43 ) . |
| 18 | After 1870 industrialization and urbanization entered a new phase , which economic historians have designated the second industrial revolution to distinguish it from the coming of industry to Britain over a century earlier . |
| 19 | Even if they pass that test they still have to pass the second hurdle of being " in consumer use " when the defect arises . |
| 20 | By the time we have fed the second and , thank God , final group of a dozen we are frozen . |
| 21 | Other authors have used the second interpretation in connection with the same platforms . |
| 22 | It is the national insurance contributions that have become the second largest element , with 17 per cent of the total . |
| 23 | We have reached the second round seven times and the third once . |
| 24 | When each noun code is matched up with its appropriate argument ( e.g. when it is established that the boy is the agent , the girl the acted-upon , and the flower the instrument ) , we have reached the second level of representation of the sentence — functional-level representation . |
| 25 | This is the world that I enjoy , and that I have spent the second half of my life so far in exploring and learning about . |
| 26 | Coun. Michael Carr , leader of the borough council , said : ‘ We have entered the second round of City Challenge with the same enthusiasm with which we approached the first , and I hope we enjoy the same success . |
| 27 | Fresh , angular sodic plagioclase and orthoclase constitute the second most abundant mineral group , but small quantities of microcline and biotite to occur . |
| 28 | While most of the Manc pack ran aground by the time their debut albums hit the bargain bins , these ugly ducklings have started the second lap with their feathers unruffled and their rhythms decidedly unflurried . |