Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | At cricket I played in the second eleven , and was its captain in my third year . |
| 2 | In Guildford I saw for the second time the travelling exhibition ‘ Architecture in Context ’ , staged by the RIBA 's South East Region . |
| 3 | I went off the second board and I had to get out cos I felt sick . |
| 4 | After ten or fifteen minutes break with Susie when she chatted about her social life , I went to the second lesson . |
| 5 | On Wednesday evening I went to the second of three seminars at my lawyers to do with Europe — set up to mark the SUMMIT . |
| 6 | ‘ I could n't go , so I went to the second night . |
| 7 | As I said on the second reading , I do believe that some areas will need to have larger authorities because of their size , or indeed their particular problems , geographical and otherwise . |
| 8 | Martha and I married during the Second World War , as did Steven 's parents , when wedding couples needed clothing coupons from all their relatives to make the wedding dress and wedding suits , which had to be of sensible material so that they could be worn again . |
| 9 | At the back of this room there was a door which led into the second room . |
| 10 | On being granted freedom of the guild in 1922 Llewellyn Davies singled out three campaigns , all of which came in the second half of her term of office when the guild was emerging as an influential body and could build upon the experience of the earlier struggles — the attempt to bring cooperation within the reach of the poorest , minimum wages for women employees in cooperative societies , and reforms in married women 's lives , in particular the inclusion of maternity benefit in the 1911 National Insurance Act ( Gaffin and Thoms 1983 ) . |
| 11 | It is among a small number of churches designed specifically to accommodate the liturgical changes which followed from the Second Vatican Council . |
| 12 | Modern socialism , however , is a reaction to the Industrial Revolution which began in the second half of the eighteenth century : in particular to the advent of the machine and the factory , the rapid growth of population and urbanisation , the payment of low wages and the existence of sporadic unemployment , and to the kind of society which industrialisation created which was considered by many as inhuman , unjust and divisive . |
| 13 | As was the case with the West Coast main line , the Great Western sub-sector was also badly affected by recession , but the decline at the start of the decade was matched by a spectacular recovery which started from the second half of the 1980s . |
| 14 | In it Jacobi referred to the theory of the momentariness of all things formulated by the Sautrânkitas , a Buddhist sect which originated in the second or first century BC . |
| 15 | Inflation , which fell in the second half of 1989 , rose in some countries in the first half of 1990 , was anticipated to increase further in 1990 due in part to oil price increases . |
| 16 | Eventually Newsome came up with a super 50–50 pass back which resulted in the second goal . |
| 17 | But how should we evaluate the cold war 's impact on the world outside Europe and North America — on the world which emerged from the second world war still largely in the condition of colonialism ? |
| 18 | In Creditor business , rating action has resulted in an improving trend which continued during the second quarter of the year . |
| 19 | For centuries the continual struggle of ordinary country folk to harvest an income to keep them and their families above starvation level meant that they were always prepared to swallow their pride and go , cap in hand , to the gentry for a few vital coppers The same philosophy spawned the hiring fairs ( which continued until the second half of the century ) when the ‘ spare ’ children of rural ( and sometimes urban ) families , not required for work at home , were sent to stand at appointed places where prospective employers could examine and interrogate them checking their limbs for strength and making sure they were properly subservient There was n't a deal of difference , fundamentally , between hiring fairs ( as immortalized by Thomas Hardy in Far From the Madding Crowd and the weekly cattle auctions held in market towns . |
| 20 | Several times during their tour , which ended with the second ‘ test ’ against a New Zealand XV a few days after these notes were written , the England ‘ B ’ management announced that one aim of their New Zealand expedition was to broaden their rugby experience . |
| 21 | Are you gon na take Mary after you got in the second year ? |
| 22 | Her action against the school ( the first defendants ) failed but she recovered from the second defendants . |
| 23 | He assumed she was the younger daughter of the couple who lived on the second floor , until she spoke . |
| 24 | If you lived through the second world war you 'll recognise the sound of the air raid bell . |
| 25 | Victory was clinched when Lynn Marriner surged upfield and slipped a pass through to Oehlers who scored at the second attempt . |
| 26 | However , Mark Hughes , who scored for the second game running , and Brian McClair intend to make Ferguson 's decision as hard as possible . |
| 27 | She withdrew from the second round , allowing the unopposed election of Galy-Dejean ( the mayor of the 15th arrondissement , of which the ward formed a part ) . |
| 28 | By the end of the decade , well over half of those who qualify for assistance will be aged over 80 , mainly those who served in the Second World War or their widows . |
| 29 | In the name of God Almighty , Father , Son and Holy Spirit , we dedicate this museum to the memory of all those of the Eighth Army Air Force who served in the Second War and in our dedication , we pray to Almighty God that there may be no third . |
| 30 | Now again , if it 'd been a full interview you might have death and service benefits and things of that nature which might and then when er I tapped it was obvious that you were gon na go for ANNA and you squashed from the second appointment right to the very end in the space of the two minutes . |