Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to admit that I felt a strange sense of elation as I hit him again , in fact I plumbed the depths of bad taste by yelling , ‘ Never one around when you want one , is there , Jack ? ’ as Armstrong bounced for the second time . |
| 2 | Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days . |
| 3 | There 's even a 100MHz dual-processor penned for the second quarter of next year using Cypress ' promised three-layer , 0.5 CMOS technology , touted at up to 320 MIPS , 162 SPECmarks , 142 SPECfp and 77 MFLOPS . |
| 4 | I am well aware of the atrocities that some Croatians perpetrated during the second world war , and of the tensions between Serb and Croat that go back long before that , which left a legacy of hatred and fear . |
| 5 | Although Graves pulled three points back with a penalty goal , there was no let-up as Gregory put over the second dropped goal of the season . |
| 6 | On the 5th June 1156 , Frederick Barbarossa married for the second time . |
| 7 | The chance for a local winner came in the second race , the Arkle Challenge Trophy . |
| 8 | A change came in the second half of the 1370s , when there was a sharp drop in prices at a time when wages continued to rise , and from 1377 until the middle of the 1390s the Phelps Brown index shows a markedly higher level of real wages . |
| 9 | Wrigley and Schofield have shown that between 1650–99 and 1800–49 the age at first marriage for women fell by 3·1 years ; most of the fall occurred during the second half of the eighteenth century and it was most apparent in industrial communities . |
| 10 | Rangers had taken the lead through Sinton before Gray equalised in the second half , Gordon Durie grabbing the winner 11 minutes from time although Spurs manager Peter Shreeves admitted his team were lucky to win . |
| 11 | His move into intelligence came during the Second World War in which he served as a colonel and worked with Eisenhower 's Supreme Allied Headquarters . |
| 12 | Sometimes the flash is near slit 2 with the conclusion in that case that the electron went through the second slit . |
| 13 | Corinth sent help to Potidaia , the Athenians sent a besieging force , and so Corinth and Athens clashed for the second time . |
| 14 | Work continued on the second phase of the project commissioned by ODA to investigate the engineering geological characteristics of tropical red-clay soils . |
| 15 | Sketch of a reusable coffin from a short story by Ludwig Bemelmans published during the Second World War . |
| 16 | Many of the country houses requisitioned during the Second World War never returned to domestic use . |
| 17 | ‘ Once the Springboks tired , the tide turned in the second half . |
| 18 | But the tide turned in the second game of the second set when Graf finally broke serve on her fourth break point . |
| 19 | The turning point came in the second quarter , he said , but loss of confidence as a result of the exchange rate crisis hit UK recruitment in the fourth quarter , although it is now starting to grow again . |
| 20 | United had shown far more threat in attack and deserved their interval lead , but Boro equalised with the second half only five minutes old . |
| 21 | ‘ The accident happened after the second , unsuccessful attempt on the mountain , during the descent . |
| 22 | Bulwark was commissioned in January 1960 and stationed with her Commando embarked at Singapore ; Albion followed as the second Commando Carrier about a year later ; construction of six Army-owned Landing Ships Logistic ( LSLs ) was authorised in August 1960 ; the Assault Ships Fearless and Intrepid were ordered in 1961 and 1962 ; and design work was started in December 1961 on the next generation of aircraft carriers , the first of which was code-named CVA 01 . |
| 23 | On one level I suppose climbing the south-west face of Everest was the biggest and most complete expedition , but in spite of our being successful , one member of the team died on the second summit attempt . |
| 24 | After directing the Verity films , the company she and Sydney formed during the Second World War , she moved into independent feature production . |
| 25 | ‘ I am very proud of what he and the rest of the team did in the second half when we were down to ten men , ’ said Smith . |
| 26 | Baglin emerged for the second set looking more determined , and quickly set about re-establishing himself in the match . |
| 27 | The Widnes tale of woe continued in the second half , when Tony Myler was unable to hold Pyke 's pass and Turner intercepted to give Thorniley a second try . |
| 28 | BALLYMONEY progressed into the second round with a comfortable victory over Dunmurry . |
| 29 | A man Robert recognized as the second man from the Frog and Ferret started to hop in circles , beating himself on the head and shouting something . |
| 30 | Head teacher John Sweeney conducted this on the first evening , and Mr. Cark conducted on the second . |