Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the second [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were the second example of 1960 's privatisation ( the Bluebell Railway in Sussex being the first ) but our 25-year hire purchase was the first and only one which British Rail permitted . |
| 2 | We had better tell him nothing. , It was the second cover-up of the day . |
| 3 | It was the second wave of arrests since an inquiry was launched in September . |
| 4 | It was the second winner of the annual Cricket Society book award . |
| 5 | It was the Second Law of Thermodynamics which gave Victorian intellectuals a certain frisson because it seemed to imply that the world was running down . |
| 6 | It was the second day of athletics events of the Games of the XXIVth Olympiad . |
| 7 | It was the second shock of the tournament in 24 hours , following holder Steve Davis 's elimination by 192-ranked Irishman Fergal O'Brien . |
| 8 | It was the second movement of the Mozart A Major Concerto . |