Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took to the front on the second lap and left Dave Milling , Woolsey Coulter , Phillip McCallen and Alan Irwin to go for second best . |
| 2 | They used to sell for second homes but that market is very poor now , ’ says Nick Wood . |
| 3 | Little wonder that a meal of mainly refined foods , gulped down in seconds , tends to lead to second helpings to extend the time of eating , or another meal or snack shortly afterwards to ‘ bulk out ’ the eating pleasure of the day . |
| 4 | which comes to look like second nature |
| 5 | This allowed German Michael Schumacher to sweep into second place in his Camel Benetton Ford with Hill third and Gerhard Berger fourth for Ferrari . |
| 6 | I refused to settle for second best , unless I absolutely had to , ’ she says . |
| 7 | Japan has had to settle for second best . |
| 8 | Others were less ready to settle for second best . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Colin Jackson once again had to settle for second best after a dramatic and controversial 60 metres hurdles final . |
| 10 | Dig in they might … but after a worthy battle , the ground finally slipped away beneath them and had to settle for second place . |
| 11 | In the junior race last year 's newcomer winner , James Courtney from Dundrod , had to settle for second best , with Ballymoney 's Phillip Read 11th . |
| 12 | COLIN Jackson once again had to settle for second best after a dramatic and controversial 60 metres hurdles final . |
| 13 | COLIN Jackson once again had to settle for second best after a dramatic and controversial 60 metres hurdles final . |
| 14 | The French managed three tries in all , but still had to settle for second place in the five nations championship ; the final score at Twickenham ; twenty one , nineteen . |
| 15 | DENMARK scraped a narrow but precious 1–0 over Albania in Tirana yesterday to stay in second place in Group Three . |
| 16 | You learn to love him though your sister ; you learn to enjoy at second hand what she enjoys , and you come to regard yourself as a non-person , an appendage , the other twin , the dull one . |
| 17 | He rode straight up to the gateway of the monastery , not daring to stop for second thoughts , and said to the first monk he saw , ‘ Can you read and write ? ’ |
| 18 | Alan Igglesden took five for 41 as Kent beat Leicestershire by an innings and 138 runs at Grace Road to move into second place , 25 points behind championship leaders Essex . |
| 19 | Abergele boosted their Division Two title prospects with a maximum points mauling of bottom team Menai Bridge to move into second place . |