Example sentences of "[to-vb] second " in BNC.
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| 31 | Moorhouse who won gold in Seoul attracts the greatest share of publicity , and Gillingham come what may , has appeared destined to play second fiddle . |
| 32 | We were going to suggest second year undergraduates were conscripted to build it . |
| 33 | ALLAN WELLS , the former Olympic sprint champion , is to help Second Division Reading with their speed and fitness . |
| 34 | Cross stile just before bottom of rise and immediately turn left to cross second stile . |
| 35 | England have never been beaten in this annual event , but the Scots will be aiming to retain second place ahead of Ireland and Wales . |
| 36 | A new version of Internist , called Caduceus should be available for clinical use , probably to give second opinions , by the end of the decade . |
| 37 | Away from the cut and thrust of soccer management , Bates knew how to keep second wife Pam in her place . |
| 38 | Er whereas the County Council have sought to re to er keep vacancies constant , we have said that it is reasonable to seek to plan to keep second homes etcetera as a constant number but what I would term normal vacancies , can be reasonably be expected to go up to maintain the same proportion . |
| 39 | Heswall 's Paul Affleck , who shot a 67 to share second place with Woosnam and Ian Palmer , of South Africa , after the first round , ended the tournament on 289 after a final-round 73 . |
| 40 | But then , as the course toughened and the favourites began to drop back , he was left to race it out with Thomas Naali , of Tanzania , and Tena Negere , of Ethopia , until Poland 's Jan Huruk , third last year , made a late challenge to snatch second place . |
| 41 | As the terms of the game allowed anyone out without scoring to return to bat after the team were all out , Colin did so and still failed to score second time around ! |
| 42 | ‘ Myself , I am thankful to finish second and thank Williams for giving me the car to do the job . ’ |
| 43 | It is also used to dress second degree burns ( blisters without skin loss ) once the blisters have broken leaving an open sore ( see Cuts and Scrapes ) . |
| 44 | Secondly the plan to place second year trainees with employers is fine if we can find employers to do deals with . |
| 45 | He believes that talk of the so-called ‘ post-industrial society ’ is raising some unnecessary fears that may be causing some talented managers to have second thoughts about aspiring to a top job . |
| 46 | Such incidents might have caused Sir Bernard to have second thoughts about the system ; but he defends it with passion . |
| 47 | She was beginning to have second thoughts about bothering the Police with such a mass of suspicion based on such little tangible fact . |
| 48 | But now that John Gribbin has made it known ( Letters , 26 January ) that the term ( and presumably the concept ) ‘ centrifugal force ’ is favoured by the relativists , I am beginning to have second thoughts . |
| 49 | It is , indeed , quite a common occurrence for a government to have second thoughts about a Bill during or after its progress through the Commons and to use its supporters in the House of Lords to make the changes in a Bill then seen to be desirable . |
| 50 | You 're always saying it 's antisocial for people to have second homes or leave property empty . |
| 51 | She knew that I 'd have to keep Dawn in my bedroom to start with , and she 'd been beginning to have second thoughts about letting me do that . |
| 52 | In Downing Street , the Cabinet began to have second thoughts . |
| 53 | Benny realized with a shock that he meant it , and began to have second thoughts . |
| 54 | Unless you 're beginning to have second thoughts . ’ |
| 55 | Am I supposed to have second sight as to his whereabouts ? ’ |
| 56 | For the first time Shannon began to have second thoughts about the trip . |
| 57 | This head felt that the re-expression and development of ideas which IT made possible allowed every pupil the chance to have second thoughts . |
| 58 | Praeiectus , however , although he was one of the five , began to have second thoughts , because of a vision which his mother had had , forecasting a great ecclesiastical career . |
| 59 | Perhaps even she has begun to have second thoughts about the ballooning barminess of these proceedings … |
| 60 | But now , with only a little while to go before she must join him in the sitting-room , she was starting to have second thoughts about the wisdom of accepting . |