Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [prep] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | With this announcement the powers which had occupied and divided Germany after the Second World War effectively accepted the inevitability of early German unification , although the statement contained no indication of the four powers ' preferred timetables for unification or for the two-plus-four negotiations . |
2 | I got Toby on the second ring and explained Sally 's suggestion . |
3 | For much of their service the Perths operated from Mount Batten , flew exercises over the Irish Sea , participated in naval manoeuvres by co-operating with the British Fleet , and used Stranraer as a second base . |
4 | But , within 60 seconds , the visitors opened the scoring when former International , Niall Sturrock , beat Larmour at the second attempt with a well placed lob after a poor clearance by Nicky Blease had produced the initial chance . |
5 | Bari punished Pompey in the second half when Caglianelli and Alessio struck twice in 40 seconds , with Capocchiano adding a late third . |
6 | Wigan will meet Oldham in the semi-finals of the Greenalls Lancashire Cup if they beat Swinton in the second round next Tuesday . |
7 | Owen was , they declared : Did they , one wonders , ponder on the words ‘ illustrious disciple ’ as they dismissed Marx to the second rank of the misled and misleading who had got their economics so grossly wrong ? |
8 | I drew Lewis in the second round and came in second behind him . |
9 | Now in January 1979 , as he fled Teheran for the second time in his life , the Shah had intended to fly on to America after just a few day in Egypt . |
10 | The alarm clock woke Claudia for the second time and she sniffed appreciatively at the aroma penetrating her room . |
11 | According to Noel Stock 's Life , Pound first met Binyon in the second week of February 1909 , and early in March he found ‘ intensely interesting ’ a lecture by Binyon on European and Oriental art , for which the lecturer had sent him a ticket . |
12 | As Eisenman demonstrates , the legitimacy of the high priesthood — of Zadok or of the Zadok — was resuscitated by the Maccabeans , the last dynasty of Judiac kings , who ruled Israel from the second century B.C. until Herodian times and the Roman occupation . |
13 | There was one lovely freak occurrence near the end : Knott played the ball down to fine leg and Holding 's throw hit the stumps with Barlow well home , whereupon he called Knott for a second run . |
14 | Marie asked Gazzer for the second time that day . |
15 | To anyone who knew Lewis in the second half of his life , and remarked his preference for boys ' books such as R. M. Ballantyne or Captain Marryat over the so-called ‘ moderns ’ , there can be no doubt that he was here addressing a warning not just to his brother but to himself . |
16 | Having been long pent up in town , Annie and myself viewed Southall as a second Paradise , and I remember I nearly hung myself on my pin-before the very first morning after our arrival , in attempting to scale the yard gates to see the country beyond them . |
17 | Haden caught Lampitt bowled Tolley in the second over of the day … |
18 | Arguing that Richard 's attack on Toulouse was a breach of the truce of 1187 — which Richard denied — Philip invaded Berry for the second time in twelve months , though he first took care to ascertain that Henry II disclaimed any responsibility for his son 's actions and was therefore unlikely to move swiftly to his assistance . |
19 | The ‘ Cats ’ stormed through the Leinster championship and then destroyed Antrim in the second half of their All Ireland semi-final . |