Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was only the second actor to get a non-exclusive contract . |
| 2 | This was another remarkable achievement since she was only the second woman solicitor to become a Recorder , a position totally dominated by barristers and by men . |
| 3 | In general , however , it was not the second part of Bacon 's Inductive Method that found favour . |
| 4 | And it was probably the second door that the professor heard . ’ |
| 5 | However , he thought it was probably the second language of no fewer than ninety per cent of Tanzanians . |
| 6 | It was now the second week in January and she had n't spoken to him since the night of the Christmas dance . |
| 7 | It was only the second occasion ever in which bankers had been summoned and reflected both the high degree of public outrage and government embarrassment over the spate of recent financial scandals . |
| 8 | It was only the second time she had taken part and this race , taking less than ten minutes , had been a particularly fast one , but as she said , it was a family tradition to take part in it and she had really enjoyed it . |
| 9 | It was only the second time this season we 've been comprehensively beaten . |
| 10 | It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him . |
| 11 | It was only the second time they had worked together . |
| 12 | It was only the second time Meg had seen Arthur really angry . |
| 13 | It was only the second authority in the country to open a state-run nursery , George Dent 's , which this year celebrates its 75th birthday . |
| 14 | Between 1856 and 1859 he travelled to Palestine and Syria and up the Nile beyond the sixth cataract ; he believed he was only the second European to have gone so far . |
| 15 | He was only the second man she had ever slept with . |