Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could feel him shrinking by the second . |
| 2 | Gerard handed Katherine her cup , and Mr Lee took a certain small pleasure in allowing him to pass over the second cup , even though he could have easily reached out and taken it . |
| 3 | ‘ Now , you 're sure you feel well enough to make a statement ? ’ he asked for the second or third time . |
| 4 | Bull exploited hesitancy in the Polish defence when he headed in the second goal in the 36th minute , again from a Smith cross , after good work by David Batty . |
| 5 | ‘ When he played in the second row there is no space for him to run into . |
| 6 | Next season , when he made his sole first-class century ( 101 against WA at Perth ) , he played in the second Test against South Africa , at Melbourne , and took four wickets . |
| 7 | Grinning , he turned to the second card . |
| 8 | So he turned round the second he did , and made it look as though he was waiting for the woman he 'd just tried to kill — when they were walking along together … |
| 9 | He nodded towards the second bedroom . |
| 10 | He nodded at the second tunnel mouth . |
| 11 | The house wore a permanently uncompleted air as if , sixty years before , the builder had intended it to be part of a pair of semi-detached houses but had run out of money or enthusiasm before he started on the second one . |
| 12 | He decided on the second option as the wheels touched down . |
| 13 | He reached for the second file . |
| 14 | ‘ Has the postman been yet ? ’ he demanded for the second time . |
| 15 | ‘ He went under the second bookable offence rule , ’ stormed McCarthy . |
| 16 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 17 | Supporters of Mr Paul Davies , his chief opponent , believe he won on the second ballot . |
| 18 | The first casualty of the match was , for a change , a West Indian fast bowler , when Marshall fractured his left thumb trying to stop a shot from Broad ; yet even this worked against England , for it simply inspired him to his best Test figures when he bowled in the second innings . |
| 19 | And then , with his foundations once more rightly in place , he continues in the second half of his letter to spell out the specific relevance of faith in Christ for daily living , particularly in this arena of relationships . |
| 20 | The 57,000 boat people in Hong Kong are taxing the colony 's resources and nearly 90 per cent of new arrivals are unlikely to qualify as refugees , he said in the second day 's debate on the Queen 's speech . |
| 21 | This is what he said in the Second Reading of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill on 21 May 1992 : |
| 22 | This is what he said in the Second Reading of the Maastricht bill : |
| 23 | In August 1971 , the same year in which he married for the second time , Canetti 's brother , Georg , was dying . |
| 24 | Towards the end of his long life he married for the second time . |
| 25 | He travelled in the second week of August 1939 . |
| 26 | He pointed to the second shelf , a third of the way along from the left . |