Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [was/were] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew with total certainty that her imagination had n't been playing tricks , and that it was the second time in only a few minutes that she 'd heard those precise words . |
| 2 | We were a very respectable family and I was the second child . |
| 3 | Going on about his birthday as if it was the Second Coming . ’ |
| 4 | It was made more so by the billing he got as if it was the Second Coming or something and he was going to be a wonder player . |
| 5 | But it was the second man who riveted Joan 's attention . |
| 6 | But it was the second paragraph which did Mrs Greville 's work for her . |
| 7 | 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 . |