Example sentences of "[to-vb] his second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( When Leonard came to write his second novel , he paid MacLennan the finest compliment of all — and the riskiest — by imitating his theme , as we shall see . ) |
| 2 | The police have traced one of his daughters to break the news to her , but have so far failed to find his second daughter who is also abroad on holiday . |
| 3 | For some unexplained reason many housewives had cooked beef in one form or another that night and Coffin was probably lucky to find his second supper was cold , for all over South London people were pushing their plates back . |
| 4 | Indeed , the situation was so bleak in 1980 that Sir John came out of retirement to replace his second son Peter , who had taken control of the family firm three years before . |
| 5 | Doubts about Mr Vargas ' taste were also raised by the sight of near-naked women dancing to celebrate his second anniversary in politics . |
| 6 | World No 50 Roe upset the form book by beating top 16 candidate Darren Morgan of Wales 5–2 to reach his second ranking quarter-final of the season . |
| 7 | In the bottom half of the draw Chris Wilkinson was again preparing for a second challenge to Jeremy Bates ' domination as he overcame strong challenges from Italy , South Africa and Sweden to reach his second final . |
| 8 | He bowled well on his debut at Lord 's and was unlucky to play his second Test at Old Trafford , which is such a good batting wicket these days . |
| 9 | It took Mark Roe some three years to win his second Tour event , but when he triumphed in the Lancome , he was obviously overjoyed . |
| 10 | Second seed Sampras established himself as the odds-on favourite to win his second US Open title with a 6–7 7–6 6–1 6–1 victory . |
| 11 | Although the President promised to use his second term for a new " crusade " to secure peace and prosperity within the USA , he offered few new prescriptions for the ailing economy , preferring instead to concentrate on a broad agenda which included less government and lower taxes . |
| 12 | Having blown up his good engine in practice , Mark was forced to use his second motor in the race , and did very well to get as good a finish as he did . |
| 13 | An hour later he returned to the pool to notch his second success of the day . |
| 14 | The lanky Moody rode his luck to score his second century at the highest level . |
| 15 | This time Fallon was the man over and he took Guscott 's pass to score his second try . |
| 16 | Yet , in spite of the lesson of Beaumont 's fraud , a later Receiver , George Goring , was able to repeat his second method and ‘ borrow ’ from Queen Elizabeth at least £19,000 . |
| 17 | It was Bates , however , with two serves in hand , who held and took the tie-break 7–5 to claim his second singles title . |
| 18 | One day Judge Raymond Dean was reminding us of the perils of ignoring men 's bestial nature-— ‘ Men ca n't turn their emotions on and off like a tap as some women can ’ ; the next , Prince Edward was vehemently denying his alleged homosexuality by expressing outrage that such an insult should be levelled at him ; meanwhile , on TV the Audi driver screeched to a halt at the hospital where — with toddler in arms — he managed narrowly to miss his second child 's birth , and Good Housekeeping boasted a curious advert showing New Man ( Audi safely in the garage ? ) in boxer shorts , cradling new baby , sitting on a German washing machine . |
| 19 | A DRAMATIC revelation of a sex scandal halted the trial of a husband accused of plotting to kill his second wife yesterday . |
| 20 | The prosecution had claimed that the furniture factory boss resolved to kill his second wife Helen when she walked out on him . |
| 21 | IT was in July that I announced Leeds-born superchef Marco-Pierre White was to marry his second wife , beautiful 19-year-old London model Lisa Butcher , after a whirlwind courtship . |
| 22 | And , three minutes later , it was prop John Hamer and international second row Fairbank again whose passes once more paved the way for Fox to add his second touchdown . |
| 23 | Brahms took three years to complete his second piano concerto , and he was 48 when it had its first performance ( 1881 ) with himself as soloist , in Budapest — then the twin capital , with Vienna , of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . |
| 24 | When they went back in , ‘ Queenie ’ was struggling to get his second leg out of the lithotomy stirrups . |
| 25 | Marshall 's departure provided President George Bush with the opportunity to make his second nomination to the nine-member court , the president having appointed David Souter in July 1990 to replace another staunch liberal , William Brennan , who had also retired on the grounds of age and ill-health [ see p. 37604 ] . |
| 26 | The outcome was a humiliation for Walesa when , on June 28 , members voted to override his second attempt to block the legislation . |