Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later Ben Shermans followed other makers ( Brutus , Jaytex ) & moved the second button up to almost between the collar point buttons . |
| 2 | Prodded for details of his own guitar tunings , Cooder reveals that he mostly sticks to DGDGBD , a plain open G , or DADF&sharp ; AD , an open D , although he sometimes changes the open G to an open C , or tunes the second string up to make open D into a D6 tuning . |
| 3 | Whilst in the turn Lt Ferris broke away from Lt Marrons ' and attacked the second element of Jigger Green . |
| 4 | Some commentators see The Stock Exchange 's rejection of the option to relaunch and reposition the second market as a mistake , as it deprives new growth companies of a low cost source of equity capital . |
| 5 | The team won the first leg 2-1 and drew the second leg in Belfast on Wednesday night to qualify for the first round of the tournament . |
| 6 | Spread a little buttercream over the centre of the marzipan circle and place the second cake on top of this . |
| 7 | Air operations in Hawaii were put under the direction of Lt Col Art Wildern ( USAF , ret ) who hired and trained the second crew of pilots who were to do the flying in Hawaii . |
| 8 | And to celebrate the second anniversary , the Albany warehouse operation at the Stretton site delivered a suitably decorated cake to Park Royal . |
| 9 | The composer did have the opportunity to revise and shorten the Second Symphony , but it remains as long as the First , and needs a strong forward motivation which it certainly receives here . |
| 10 | So let us turn from the obstacles to applying in practice the theoretical truism in the first proposition of the Plowden Committee — that ‘ there may now well be excessive social services for some purposes ’ — and consider the second proposition — that there may now well be ‘ inadequate ones for others ’ . |
| 11 | Down the third row of stones he tried in the garden of remembrance , he found the spot where Heather had raised the camera to her eye and captured the second image in the sequence he was seeking to follow . |
| 12 | A British team guided by Mark Miller has managed to put an amazing 15 members on the summit of 7200m Masherbrum II — and claimed the second ascent and the first British ascent ! |
| 13 | ‘ I went on and climbed the second step . |
| 14 | I retraced my steps and climbed the second flight of stairs . |
| 15 | And always it gave time to fit the second shaft and loose the second volley , and redouble the boiling turmoil that was held at a distance by nothing more deadly — but there was nothing more deadly ! — than cloth-yard shafts of wood and steel flighted with a handful of feathers . |
| 16 | The warriors , their spears resting on their shoulders , take very small steps and chant in time , breathy snorts — ‘ Hooh , hooh , hooh ’ — as they circle the girls and pass the second line of warriors , moving in the opposite direction . |
| 17 | Then I slid on to the stool and began the second verse , seated , then hit the foot-rest and the stool began a too-slow descent which fortunately gathered enough momentum to throw me off . |
| 18 | He looked up , removed his reading glasses , then got to his feet and indicated the second sofa . |
| 19 | Erm the er most important item I think Chairman is the work programme for the future year which commences at erm about twelve and forms the second half of the report and I would be very happy to deal with any questions and it is very clearly in the light of things that we 've already said , the first part of er that latter half of the report er which er emphasises the erm principal activities er to the department er that of strategic policy in paragraphs thirteen one , thirteen two and thirteen three are therefore perhaps the areas to which I would er draw you attention er most , but the report as whole is er I hope a reasonably succinct summary of what has gone on or what is proposed to be done and er in order to avoid simply what is already in the report , I , I would leave it at that point and say I 'm happy to deal with any questions . |
| 20 | Some Tory MPs are also hoping that Chancellor Kenneth Clarke will decide to limit the VAT levy to just 8pc and ditch the second stage rise to 17.5pc . |
| 21 | A sensible compromise is to use the first method for longer photo-stories and to add a sticky label to the photograph giving outline details and the source and to use the second method for short captions . |
| 22 | Apply liberally to the inside of the gutter and reposition the second length |
| 23 | The following study attempts to avoid the first problem by increasing the data available for the calculation of ROC curves and to address the second problem by using a much more varied selection of stimuli . |
| 24 | The millionaire property developer looked poised to cut his losses and quit the Second Division club after the failure of his proposed £13m rescue package last week . |
| 25 | So it ‘ reads ’ this line too and finds the second colour , blue , here . |
| 26 | ' … in that case at least this House must go beyond the point certified and hear and decide the second point which may have no connection at all with the first . ’ |
| 27 | It is thought one pin may have failed on the El Al flight , causing an engine to tear free of its mountings and hit the second engine as it fell . |
| 28 | He looked back , took a breath , came back and switched the second prize and third prize award flashes , awarding it second prize after all . |
| 29 | He took the receiver firmly out of her hand , listened for the dialling tone and dialled the second number . |
| 30 | They take the book of Revelation more literally and believe the second coming of Christ is imminent . |