Example sentences of "[to-vb] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Halfway through their feeding by the two adult bluetits , a pair of blackbirds appeared on the scene … and began to provide second helpings to every meal ! |
| 2 | Teammate Rob McElnea is on course to secure second place in the Super Cup points at Mallory Park in two weeks time after fourth and fifth places today . |
| 3 | Who wants to come second ? |
| 4 | In the Czech Lands Civic Forum won about half the total votes , and in Slovakia PAV emerged as the clear winner , although the latter had been expected until shortly before the election to come second to the CDM . |
| 5 | A strong challenge anticipated from the fiercely nationalist and right-wing Serbian Renaissance Movement ( SP0 ) failed to materialize : SPO leader Vuk Draskovic took only 20 per cent of the vote to come second in the presidential election , while his party took only 19 seats in the Assembly ( after winning 13 seats in the first round it fought the second round in coalition with other opposition parties ) . |
| 6 | Adam Smith of Annadale set produced a 13.59 triple jump to come second to Micky McDonald of Ballymena and Antrim who recorded 13.76 metres . |
| 7 | H.D. , nicknamed ‘ the Hama-dryad ’ , is the subject of much high-spirited comedy in the letters that Ezra and Dorothy exchanged , and this ought to provoke second thoughts in those who want to take Hilda 's account at face-value : H.D. may have honestly persuaded herself that she was the great ( though virginal ) love of Pound 's life , but it 's unlikely that Pound thought so , nor need we . |
| 8 | The pair finished with a score of 62 nett to claim second spot in the four ball better ball while they won the foursomes with a final nett 66 total . |
| 9 | But it was Vose who came through with a strong finish on the final circuit to claim second place , but he could not match Pearson 's strength on the hills . |
| 10 | I was n't into fashion at all , I used to wear second hand stuff . ’ |
| 11 | The one who goes f fi Who 's going to go second goes out so that he does n't hear anything and erm and then they change over er after thirty minutes . |
| 12 | Therefore , it seems logical to support Second Reading and to debate the details later . |
| 13 | For a country the size of England , such a tiny league would be a waste of resources and Cooke , presumably , would not want to attend second division games , even to view players such as Nottingham 's Martin Pepper , a flanker of England quality . |
| 14 | This puts the second family at only just above income support levels and there is therefore a danger that one of the main effects of these changes will be to impoverish second families without directly helping first families . |
| 15 | He says charity shops should be allowed to sell second hand toys as they 've always done and the legislation which took them off the shelves was wrongly framed and should be scrapped . |
| 16 | SWINDON squandered the chance to regain second place in the First Division yesterday . |
| 17 | Peterboro 3 , Swindon 3 SWINDON squandered the chance to regain second place in the First Division yesterday . |
| 18 | In the First Division , Kilmarnock go to Clydebank this evening needing to win to regain second position behind Raith Rovers . |
| 19 | They lost 2-0 to Clydebank at Kilbowie and , in the process , missed out on the chance to regain second place . |
| 20 | In the Lake District National Park , an experiment was conducted after 1974 to attempt to restrict second homes purchases of new houses ( Clark 1982a , 1982b ) . |
| 21 | SHELL-SHOCKED West Ham missed the chance to steal second place from Division One promotion rivals Tranmere last night after being shot down by Rovers ' ace marksman John Aldridge . |
| 22 | Le Mortgage offers fixed-rate sterling finance to Britons wanting to buy second homes in France . |
| 23 | To combine second level information with first level information would result in an overall decrease in the ratio of useful information to redundant information . |
| 24 | Throughout her married life she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband . |
| 25 | Alain Prost , France 's triple world champion , had moved in and Mansell was unwilling to play second fiddle . |
| 26 | Haynes , the senior partner but content to play second fiddle this time , faced 71 balls and hit a six and seven fours , and extended his record one-day aggregate past 7500 runs . |
| 27 | This was still a minor office with little independent authority , and Duncombe continued to play second fiddle to the successive lords treasurer with whom he served . |
| 28 | When in the last quarter of the century , the natural history collections were moved to the new building in South Kensington , and had no longer to play second fiddle to the historical parts and the library , then the number of jobs increased and the scope for research improved . |
| 29 | That a college like the James Watt should be prepared to play second fiddle , should never patronise but should be ready with sensible advice when asked for it . |
| 30 | Although he has usually had to play second fiddle to Jackson , he is a super athlete in his own right , having won silver medals at the European championships ( 4x100 metres ) and Commonwealth Games in 1990 . |