Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] to the second " in BNC.

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1 " Now it is your turn for a wish , " Gabriel said to the second brother .
2 " All this is for you , " Gabriel said to the second brother .
3 Sadi Carnot came to the second law of thermodynamics from pondering on the efficiency of an abstract and idealized engine ; and Helmholtz came to the first from considering simple mechanical devices such as trip-hammers driven by water-wheels .
4 Redcar take on Ripon in the first round of the Yorkshire Cup and Andy Rogers replaces Jim Butcher at prop , while Mike Donoghue returns to the second row .
5 Alice returned to the second coat and her work of balancing on the trestles , and thought for the first time : I 'm silly .
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