Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [art] second time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was going to the cinema for the second time that week , with his beautiful lady , his Sweetheart , who looked and smelt and sometimes spoke like the real-life star of a Hollywood movie . |
| 2 | The former sprint champion , who built a career on the use of illegal substances , did not take part in the meeting , of course , after he was caught taking the tablets for a second time . |
| 3 | And now he had her on the hook for the second time . |
| 4 | Liz Boatman , who played professionally in the States before being reinstated as an amateur , captains the side for a second time and is delighted at the way the growth of the pro circuit has revitalised the amateur game . |
| 5 | Before presenting the subjects with the lists for the second time , the researchers asked them to recall the words . |
| 6 | In fact the Eliots travelled across the Atlantic for the second time in October ; when he stopped at Chicago to give a reading on his way to St Louis , a reporter noted that he " looked rather tired and smiled in a vague , undirected way " . |
| 7 | In general , there are many situations without a check in which enough of the energy of the returning hammer will be absorbed to prevent the hammer reaching the string for a second time , but not enough to stop the hammer bouncing up some way towards the string . |
| 8 | My hands were shaking as I got into the raft for the second time . |
| 9 | The peasant then walks past the corpse for a second time and emerges to ask the same question . |
| 10 | Then it seems the rescue boat itself crashed , throwing Mr Hill into the water for a second time . |
| 11 | Looking down , he saw Mould pulling the hook out the water for the second time . |
| 12 | With the federal government under increasing strain , Yugoslavia devalued the dinar for the second time in four months , this time by 31% . |
| 13 | CATRIONA Lambert dominated today 's final of the Scottish Women 's Championship to take the title for the second time in three years . |
| 14 | We can measure the effects of some of the problems listed earlier , by using only the observations at the second time point . |
| 15 | Tom related the tale for the second time and followed it with the daring exploits of Pecos Bill from the comic Willie had chosen . |
| 16 | On April 10 President Sam Nujoma reshuffled the Cabinet for the second time since independence in March 1990 [ see pp. 38087-88 for February 1991 changes ] . |
| 17 | I slung my rifle over my shoulder and clutching the bottle of wine I crossed the bridge for the second time , heading east , turning to wave to the couple at the door of the café . |
| 18 | As I climbed the stairs for the second time that morning , more wearily this time , I heard the sound of a keg being gently turned in a lock . |
| 19 | The latter commented on the air raid and that he never expected to see soldiers guarding the tunnel , especially inside the tunnel for a second time , it having been guarded during World War I. The foreman told him that three soldiers had been killed near the spot that Mr Myer had been in the recess the previous night , they had apparently been run down by a train just inside the tunnel mouth . |
| 20 | Each night during a 6-month working season , 40,000–60,000 km ( about 30,000–45,000 miles ) of drift-net is set in the North Pacific Ocean - enough to encircle the planet and cross the Pacific for a second time . |
| 21 | During the course of the meeting it became clear that the council is considering withdrawing the bill for a second time in the hope of being able to adopt a new parliamentary order-making procedure under the 1992 Transport and Public Works Act , which may come into force in the next parliamentary session . |
| 22 | ( If the Commons passed the bill for a second time , the action would be unprecedented and , it was widely argued , could cause a constitutional impasse . ) |
| 23 | Now it had come to this , the repomen at the door for the second time . |
| 24 | If Components Bureau can beat the champions for a second time , then they will virtually be home and dry . |
| 25 | ‘ Arsenal always win something ’ went the saying after they won the Cup for the second time in 1936 . |
| 26 | selves , ’ he observed as they approached the Tower for a second time . |
| 27 | In 1293 he was committed to the Tower for a second time , perhaps for misconduct in the service of Queen Eleanor , and only released for a second fine of 1,000 marks . |
| 28 | Beginners luck stayed with Ellen Mitchell and Andrew Pelling as one year on from when they started both of them reached the final for the second time . |
| 29 | He did this after he had cut the grooves for the second time in the stretchers . |
| 30 | Mike Rayer will take over the No 15 jersey from Clement and will face the tourists for the second time this season following his recent appearance for the Wales B team . |