Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the second " in BNC.

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1 Bidding for the second lot of the sale , a thirteenth-century oak cathedral chest with iron strapwork from Durham , tripled the high estimate to reach FFr1.1 million ( £114,300 ; $198,900 ) , establishing a world record for English oak furniture .
2 The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage .
3 ‘ Now I have got that first win I am looking for the second . ’
4 BRIGHTNESS the beluga whale has been seen swimming happily in the Black Sea after escaping for the second time .
5 Dexter realised his fingers were shaking as he finished reading Nicola 's round , almost childish , writing for the second time .
6 Or would Eden think of the air marshals , and the children who had lost their parents in a blitz , and former warriors who had seen too much blood on a battlefield , and exercise a silent veto , by going for the second preference ?
7 They 've got to keep working and going for the second ball .
8 It was like waiting for the Second Coming .
9 They left within two days of his release , leaving me tired , dazed , relieved and waiting for the Second Son to come ‘ home ’ for yet another week-end .
10 I think half the crowd were on their way home , down Headington Hill , down Lime Walk , bemoaning United not scoring for the second week in succession , then up steps Andy Melville .
11 Overlapping M13 clones bearing the left end of fragment RE' and fragment RY' ( Fig. 1 ) were also sequenced , using synthetic oligonucleotides , to complete the sequence of the gene coding for the second largest subunit .
12 Oil-fired power stations in Britain were put into reserve use only , and there was very nearly petrol rationing for the second time .
13 Well , at last some good news on the jobs front , with the number of people out of work falling for the second month running .
14 McRae , who had led in his Subaru Legacy on the first day , was 28 seconds behind Jonsson — winning for the second successive year .
15 WITH just the smallest of the 23 starters in the Whitbread Round the World Race , the 51-foot La Poste , due last into Punta del Este , Uruguay , at midnight tonight , crews are preparing for the second leg , writes Stuart Alexander .
16 The world champions , having wiped Ireland off their pitch , today settle down in Swansea preparing for the second leg of their tour which culminates in the 16th international between the nations at Cardiff Arms Park on November 21 .
17 Some people may feel that Rawls ' original position is already a description of a process of compromise , of settling for the second best .
18 The candidate and unit enrolment data is cumulative in that , for example , the courses enrolled for in 1991–2 will include the new Batch 2 courses first validated for that year — but will also include candidates enrolling for the second cycle of Batch 1 , the third cycle of Phase 2 pilots , etc .
19 Universal Pictures is hoping for the second lowest rating , PG parental guidance .
20 A YOUNGER set of judges would provide a better image to the public : so says Mr Harold Hewitt , who last weekend sat for the last time , retiring for the second time at the age of 75 .
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