Example sentences of "second [noun sg] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | Then if we form unc we have unc since transposition of the second term repeats the first . |
2 | Mark the length of the second piece using the first as your guide . |
3 | I knew I had done the right thing , and now there would be no second monster to follow the first . |
4 | You never get a second chance to make a first impression . |
5 | ‘ Two wrongs may not make a right , Doctor , but sometimes the second wrong helps the first rest easier . ’ |
6 | Crown counsel informed defence counsel of an inconsistency between the sister 's testimony and her first statement without showing him that statement or revealing that she had made a second statement confirming the first statement in that respect . |
7 | And before those following could rein in and look for cover , or dismount and string their bows , or drive headlong into the trees from which their death was launched , the second volley followed the first . |
8 | The second flower shows the first two layers of petals from a typical Irish crochet rose . |