Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Ako Adjei , Adamafio and Crabbe were given a second trial they were condemned to death : but the sentence was commuted by Nkrumah to life imprisonment . |
| 2 | The red army fought in the courts and Swindon were given a second chance in the 2nd division . |
| 3 | ‘ On the way home , we were approached a second time , by an Me 109 . |
| 4 | The parents of the 33 children who had not recovered were interviewed a second time to answer the question whether the constipation/soiling problems had persisted or recurred , because we were not able to determine this from the initial questionnaire . |
| 5 | What they were told was that erm a number of , a a short , short list would be made up , erm , with the possibility of them having a second interview , and they would be told one way or another whether or not they were getting a second interview , because we were n't in a position to say whether we were or were not appointing . |
| 6 | I know that he would not like to do any injustice to the report , but if he were to read the second paragraph , which contains its judgment on the Bill , he might come to a different conclusion . |
| 7 | Following further unacceptable behaviour , breach proceedings were started a second time , and the appellant absconded from the hostel ; he was eventually arrested and committed to the Crown Court to be dealt with for the original offences . |
| 8 | Three men held last weekend in the city were making a second appearance before magistrates in Middleton in Manchester today on charges involving procuring firearms . |
| 9 | It was while he was bringing a second helping of kedgeree to Fishbane that the row broke out a few tables away . |
| 10 | He got up and was about to return to his house to wash the dirt from Meg 's grave from his hands when Cranston swaggered in , throwing the door open as if he was announcing the Second Coming . |
| 11 | The tiara was in essence a white cap , having two bands at the back like a mitre , but it had incorporated in it a coronet round the lower rim to which was added a second coronet under Pope Boniface VIII at the end of the thirteenth century , symbolizing sacerdotal and regal powers . |
| 12 | A 46 year old Worcestershire man , who was driving the second car , also died . |
| 13 | He said the secret was to hide a second box . |
| 14 | On top of all his other commitments , Lewis was writing the second volume of his space trilogy . |
| 15 | He was granted a second term by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke in a move that effectively guarantees the existence of the Board for the foreseeable future . |
| 16 | Athelstan and Cranston looked at each other despondently as they left the church and reentered the priest 's house where the boy was lapping a second bowl of soup as hungrily as a starving dog . |
| 17 | So she was offered a second flat . |
| 18 | The second was to get my knitting room organised and the third was to buy a second machine ( a chunky ) . |
| 19 | There was intense opposition to these proposals but the only concession made in both instances was to require a second ballot if less than 50 per cent of those entitled to vote did so . |
| 20 | After seeing his 1853 bill side-tracked by a Royal Commission , Lord St Leonards was moving the second reading of another debtor and creditor bill in the House of Lords in 1859 , but once again many of their lordships found it all too complicated , and wanted it examined by a select committee . |
| 21 | We moved forward again some way and into the assault trenches — the Rifle Brigade was to form the second wave of the attack . |
| 22 | None of the belligerents intended to fight what was called the second world war , they all entered into conflict , they all began er a rearmament programme with the idea of using violence as a means to secure lesser objectives . |
| 23 | After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up . |
| 24 | The old city was abandoned a second time , given over to romantics , theorists , transients and dogs . |
| 25 | In 1963 , the BBC was allocated a second TV channel ( BBC 2 ) and by the end of the decade there were also a large number of local , commercial , and non-commercial , radio stations . |
| 26 | What a man like Siward would do , who was hiding a second time in a forest and had blown the withdrawal within minutes of the Normans ' arrival . |
| 27 | That was to allow a second face to be opened to help speed up production . |
| 28 | He subsequently played a notable part , harassing the enemy behind the lines , and was awarded a second bar to his DSO . |
| 29 | Quietwaters is slightly different from the other developments : there was already a course and clubhouse in place , but the plan was to develop a second course as well as the seemingly obligatory hotel and leisure complex and timeshare units . |
| 30 | This attitude was no longer conceivable to an American mind where the basic body silhouette was changing every second year . |