Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the second [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I did hear that point , it 's , it 's interesting because in fact Lithuania er President Boris Yeltsin signed an agreement in July , er which effectively Russia recognise Lithuania as an independent state , it was the second country in the world to do that , er all of this was sorted out in a very er , good , er peaceful , sensible way , there , obviously Russia has concerns in Lithuania er not least the district . |
| 2 | It was the second time in 24 hours that they had acted to stop a party in the county . |
| 3 | It was the second time in successive World Cup ties that Leighton had let down his colleagues . |
| 4 | In 1941 , after a brief and inauspicious period of Vichy French rule , Lebanon was again occupied by Allied armies ; it was the second time in 24 years that British troops had crossed the southern frontier from Palestine . |
| 5 | It was the second time in their acquaintanceship that she had put her hand on his thigh . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was the second time in eight months that Barre had changed the government , and no official reasons were given for the changes , but Barre called on the new Cabinet , sworn in on Sept. 5 , to solve the current civil war and economic crisis . |
| 8 | It was the second time in a fortnight the Glens had gone down to Portadown , but Saturday 's was a much brighter performance than the 3– |
| 9 | situated in Fleet Street it was the second house in London to sell coffee , and by c . |
| 10 | He was the second man in two days to ask me that . |