Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] the second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celia 's patience snapped when he poured her the second glass of retsina . |
| 2 | I have recently been to a performance of Mr Handel 's Messiah and , would you believe it the Second West Yorkshire Yeomanry is to hold a Regimental Ball in the New Year , in the Exchange Buildings ! ’ |
| 3 | The troubles in Kent dragged on sporadically for some two years ; in August 1450 a certain William Parmenter virtually proclaimed himself Cade 's successor by calling himself the second captain of Kent , in April 1451 there were troubles fomented by Henry Hasilden , and in May 1452 there was yet further disorder ( 42 ) . |
| 4 | A lass in Low Newton hanged herself the second time I was in there . |
| 5 | But I still enjoyed it the second time . |
| 6 | The wags dubbed it the second Tamworth Manifesto . |
| 7 | This is often confused with a lot of idealistic nonsense about the inevitability of progress , often coupled with ignorant nonsense about evolution " violating the Second Law of Thermodynamics " ( those that belong to the half of the educated population that , according to the novelist C. P. Snow , know what the Second Law is , will realize that it is no more violated by evolution than it is violated by the growth of a baby ) . |
| 8 | One part of a sentence may indicate what the second part is likely to be . |
| 9 | It is a good sound bite , but it is not any better for hearing it the second time . |
| 10 | When she gave him the second half of S. Kettering 's rent , he put it in his pocket without counting it . |
| 11 | When she did it the second time . |
| 12 | After Dan Salmon 's funeral , Charlie tried to read the Daily Chronicle every morning in the hope of discovering what the second battalion , Royal Fusiliers , were up to and where his father might be . |
| 13 | Or maybe , seeing us the second time , he might have suspected . |