Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Gareth Williams beat him on the second . |
| 2 | ‘ Clinger told me before he left that his lordship had had him in the second Sunday he was there and told him he expected him to switch on the electric fire in the private chapel ten minutes before matins . |
| 3 | He claimed a British TV cameraman had distracted him during the second run , ruining his concentration and his chances of a top-three finish . |
| 4 | I rang Prentice as I could n't think how to put it off any longer , and got him at the second number he 'd left . |
| 5 | His wife , who was alleged to have aided and abetted him on the second occasion was jailed for three years after a two-day trial . |
| 6 | For a time he offered his services to Louis VII of France and accompanied him on the second crusade as papal legate in charge of the Anglo-Norman contingent . |
| 7 | I thought that Ben had n't had anything left when I had beaten him in the second round the previous day . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I had him in the second round be he wriggled off the hook . ’ |