Example sentences of "[adv prt] a second " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took down a second mug from the dresser and poured tea for them both . |
| 2 | We climbed up again and rolled down a second time , Mom sighing and giggling again , again . |
| 3 | ‘ Child care is brilliant , ’ she added , explaining that after-school care is a matter of course with 90 per cent of women needing to bring in a second wage to survive . |
| 4 | The arrival of the railway spared off a second burst of development and the population rose rapidly , especially north of the Brook with the growth of the de Moulham Estate and New Swanage in the direction of Ulwell round the turn of the century . |
| 5 | In a new departure , EPLF gunboats attacked and set fire to a Polish freighter off the Eritrean Red Sea coast on Jan. 3 ; they seized the 30-strong crew and fired rockets to drive off a second Polish freighter which attempted to come to their aid . |
| 6 | Timman won a pawn , then Speelman gave up a second one to create counterplay . |
| 7 | [ Before du Pre 's death in 1987 , he had quietly set up a second household in Paris with the former wife of violinist Gideon Kramer . ] |
| 8 | Leland Allen , a quantum chemist at Princeton University , believes that Pople has brought elements of standardisation , reliability , a large body of reference calculations , ready availability , and reproducibility ; and most importantly has opened up a second pathway — in addition to experimentation — to chemical truth . |
| 9 | At present , truckers can take a load from one country to another but face obstacles , as do airlines , in picking up a second load to take on to a third country . |
| 10 | If she 'd cocked up a second race , Bill would have jocked her off Shine On , whatever Ibn Fayoud said . |
| 11 | If you 're planning to set up a second or third tank , and would like a helping hand when you do , please get in touch . |
| 12 | She drew up a second chair and came and sat by him . |
| 13 | This points up a second mystery . |
| 14 | The carburettor had clogged up a second time in the storm and they had had to wait until it was over . |
| 15 | Allied Provincial 's David Shaw said Phonelink estimated that over the coming year , it would need at least £5m to set up a second production site , to buy more data engines and to fund research and development work . |
| 16 | An examination of his flat turned up a second picture , not of Chant 's flesh this time , but of his life . |
| 17 | At the height of their affair they 'd made love from dusk to dawn on several occasions ; toying and teasing , stopping to bathe so they 'd have the bliss of working up a second sweat . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , Tadpole has picked up a second firm , Isometrics , to peddle the Sparcbook to the US government , and says a second strategy to make it easier for US government bodies to buy its technology will be revealed in a couple of weeks ( UX No 381 ) . |
| 19 | As a result of the rigidity of the museum 's directors , Magritte 's widow drew up a second will , and the new provisions were recognised as valid . |
| 20 | He was really an MD — kept up a second income from some sort of consultancy at the teaching hospital . |
| 21 | A break during the middle of the day and a return to the stables — apart from the question of distance from the field where the work was being done — would have meant unyoking and yoking up a second time for another stint in the afternoon ; and this would have lengthened the day without appreciably lengthening the working time . |
| 22 | He picked up a second kitten , dangled one from each hand , swung them so that they hit each other . |
| 23 | Both women had been surprised when he turned up a second time . |
| 24 | Ms Cann accordingly drew up a second deal , which accounted for all the different royalties ( television , merchandising and so forth ) separately . |
| 25 | For example , to increase working and manoeuvring space in an existing work triangle you could set up a second food preparation or cooking area with perhaps a microwave oven outside your main work area . |
| 26 | Because so much of the commercial law trade go through London , have opened up a second front in the capital . |
| 27 | At the end of the overview phase , it is possible to draw up a second interview plan and the next , longer , phase aims to fill in the detail . |
| 28 | Halfway along the path , I lift her up a second time . |
| 29 | Wheelchair athlete Ian Hayden from Sutton Courtenay near Abingdon overcame an arm injury to pick up a second silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Barcelona . |
| 30 | Roy Keane , Niall Quinn , Ray Houghton , Steve Staunton and Kevin Moran will all incur a one-match ban if they pick up a second yellow card tomorrow . |