Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the second [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was the second child and second daughter in the family of one son and three daughters of Dr Richard Marsden Pankhurst , barrister and republican , and his wife Emmeline Pankhurst [ q.v. ] , daughter of Robert Goulden , a prosperous Manchester cotton manufacturer . |
| 2 | She was the second daughter and fourth child in the family of two sons and five daughters of Frederick Cons , a maker of pianoforte cases for Broadwood 's , and his wife Esther Goodair , the daughter of a Stockport mill-owner . |
| 3 | It was the second court that contained the infamous corps of executioners . |
| 4 | It was the second part that was hard . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was the second time that Oldfield , a bachelor and former public schoolboy from Crosby Road , Birkdale , Southport , had come under suspicion for sexually abusing children in his care . |
| 7 | It was the second time that Edinburgh had staged the Commonwealth Games . |
| 8 | It was the second time that Kate had had dinner at his house , and he was finding that he liked her being around . |