Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] second " in BNC.

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1 Not having the culinary skills to extract nourishment from this household item she passed on to her second request ; could she have money to buy uniforms for her kids to go to their new school ?
2 Second , and more important , in 522 , stirred up by his second wife , if we may believe Gregory , he had his son by a previous marriage , Sigistrix , strangled .
3 The new Tories talked of being ‘ on the side of the people ’ and when , in March 1954 the Television Bill came up for its second reading , they won the day .
4 Nickle raced in for his second try and Ropati compounded Wigan 's agony with the seventh and final touchdown beneath the posts .
5 In 678 Ecgfrith , urged on by his second wife Iurminburg , expelled Wilfrid from his see and divided it in two , with a new bishop in Hexham as well as York .
6 THE QUEEN Mother yesterday pulled out of her second public appearance in as many days , missing the opening day of Royal Ascot for the first time in recent memory .
7 Backley , needing to reach the 80-metre mark , must have been sweating when his opening effort dropped short at 79.36 but he went through with his second throw of 80.76 .
8 Blair was wide by the narrowest of margins with three well-struck penalties before Gallagher went over for his second try following a quick transfer right from Johnny Hastings .
9 Instead of a swift resolution the siege dragged on into its second month .
10 With four minutes to go , Stimpson dived over for his second try in the right-hand corner .
11 As the Board pointed out in its second report :
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