Example sentences of "[vb past] on [prep] the second " in BNC.

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1 Steam lorries lingered on after the Second World War , largely because of the shortage of oil .
2 Paul came on in the second half of the game in Dublin last week and played well .
3 As the play blundered on into the second half , the Airdrie strategy was clear — to ignore any pretence of building attacks from the back of the team through to the midfield .
4 I tried boxing when I was fifteen and won a bout against an opponent who was smaller than me and who normally wore thick glasses ; I went on to the second round of the competition and was beaten flat in thirty seconds by a demon midget who hammered me onto the ropes and kept hitting me until the referee stopped the bout before I suffered permanent damage .
5 The war went on throughout the second half of 1 168 .
6 Aldaniti recovered his balance and sped on towards the second .
7 Denmead opened the scoring through Chris King and they held on until the second half when Campbell Wilson equalised for Good Sports .
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