Example sentences of "[pers pn] was the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was the second half , an extension of him , and instead of complementing him I 'd thrown shit all over him . |
| 2 | I can only suspect that the speed of my progress through the Division Lobby , as I was the second Member out that night , may have caused confusion . |
| 3 | We were a very respectable family and I was the second child . |
| 4 | She was the second child and second daughter in the family of one son and three daughters of Dr Richard Marsden Pankhurst , barrister and republican , and his wife Emmeline Pankhurst [ q.v. ] , daughter of Robert Goulden , a prosperous Manchester cotton manufacturer . |
| 5 | She was the second daughter and fourth child in the family of two sons and five daughters of Frederick Cons , a maker of pianoforte cases for Broadwood 's , and his wife Esther Goodair , the daughter of a Stockport mill-owner . |
| 6 | But it was the second man who riveted Joan 's attention . |
| 7 | We had better tell him nothing. , It was the second cover-up of the day . |
| 8 | It was the second wave of arrests since an inquiry was launched in September . |
| 9 | It was the second winner of the annual Cricket Society book award . |
| 10 | It was the Second Law of Thermodynamics which gave Victorian intellectuals a certain frisson because it seemed to imply that the world was running down . |
| 11 | It was the second day of athletics events of the Games of the XXIVth Olympiad . |
| 12 | It was the second weekend after the dinner party . |
| 13 | It was the second crash near Katmandu in two months . |
| 14 | It was the second marriage for the chef who runs Harveys restaurant on Wandsworth Common and The Canteen at Chelsea Harbour in partnership with actor Michael Caine . |
| 15 | Well I did hear that point , it 's , it 's interesting because in fact Lithuania er President Boris Yeltsin signed an agreement in July , er which effectively Russia recognise Lithuania as an independent state , it was the second country in the world to do that , er all of this was sorted out in a very er , good , er peaceful , sensible way , there , obviously Russia has concerns in Lithuania er not least the district . |
| 16 | It was the second court that contained the infamous corps of executioners . |
| 17 | It was the second court appearance for 19 year old Stephen Reynolds . |
| 18 | It was the second part that was hard . |
| 19 | no I missed it , it was the second part , see last weeks , but |
| 20 | It was the second attack on Tilly , a 22-month-old filly , in six weeks at her field in Woodside , Telford , Shropshire . |
| 21 | It was the second attack on his Elmfield Street house . |
| 22 | It was the second explosion this week in India 's largest city . |
| 23 | It was the second shock of the tournament in 24 hours , following holder Steve Davis 's elimination by 192-ranked Irishman Fergal O'Brien . |
| 24 | They say when are you going to stop it , and I say , when am I going to stop it , when am I — it was the second night they were in the bar together after their week of absence I remember . |
| 25 | It was the second night running that homes in the Co Antrim town have been targeted . |
| 26 | It was the second incident this week . |
| 27 | It was the second Kinsey Report , entitled Sexual Behaviour In The Human Female . |
| 28 | It was the second post . |
| 29 | It was the second suicide bid by Newall , who is accused of murdering his wealthy parents on the Bergerac island of Jersey five years ago . |
| 30 | It was the second suicide connected with the university in the space of a few months . |