Example sentences of "the second [noun sg] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then you had this next fathom , the second fathom had the leather cut in two and then have different colours at every feet as well . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The second chapel became the meeting hall after the third one took its place in 1900 . |
| 4 | The second measure granted the Banca d'Italia , the central bank , independence from the Treasury . |
| 5 | The second blow sent the door flying open . |
| 6 | An equaliser five minutes before the break and another goal five minutes into the second half signalled the start of the jeering from the supporters . |
| 7 | The first 20 minutes of the second half followed the same pattern before the deadlock was broken . |
| 8 | The first 15 minutes of the second half reminded the tourists that the game was not yet won . |
| 9 | Indeed , if Portsmouth and Sunderland were to defy the odds and emerge victorious from today 's matches against Liverpool and Norwich , it would be the first time in the 120-year history of the tournament that two teams from the Second Division contested the final . |
| 10 | On average , the second tier outperformed the larger firms , with an average growth rate of 6% . |
| 11 | The second order prohibited the mother from having verbal , personal contact or contact by correspondence with the father and similarly the father to have no contact with the mother . |
| 12 | The second issue dominated the debate on 19 July 1990 on the Committee 's report . |
| 13 | The second day saw the conference proper . |
| 14 | The Second Son drove the doctor . |
| 15 | The Second Son opened the majlis door , greeted the doctor and called a servant to send for his father . |
| 16 | The second study used the transport layer of the database to identify the locations of 900 stations on the British Railways network . |
| 17 | The second phase included the construction of a mezzanine floor in the old school hall to be used as a conference room , with two offices under , making five altogether . |
| 18 | In September 1985 , the second defendant collected the reliquary and packed it for shipment to the plaintiff , Cleveland Museum of Art . |
| 19 | By a consent order dated 1 July 1988 the proceedings against the second defendant were stayed , pursuant to an agreement between the plaintiff and the second defendant , entered into by the second defendant in ignorance of the plaintiff 's agreement with the first defendant , under which the second defendant paid the plaintiff £18,000 and costs . |
| 20 | Ministers of the Second Republic quoted the ministers of Charles III . |
| 21 | In contrast , adoption of the second policy guaranteed the disappearance of many old barns because they became redundant unless they were retained as covered rick-houses or stores for straw . |
| 22 | The second marquess inherited the titles and the estates of his maternal grandfather on the death of the fifth/sixth Earl of Dumfries in 1803 and those of his paternal grandfather on the death of the first Marquess of Bute in 1814 . |
| 23 | Yet in some quarters , the second volume confirmed the poet 's reputation . |
| 24 | Because it appeared tougher , the second decree encouraged the TNCs to develop even more defences to protect their interests . |