Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [art] second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While other newspapers were wrongly calling it a second honeymoon , TODAY revealed that virtually the only time the couple acknowledged each other was when Diana intercepted a phone call from Charles to Mrs Parker-Bowles and a screaming row erupted . |
| 2 | She had just pressed it a second time when she heard a faint voice above the High Street traffic . |
| 3 | Graham felt oddly satisfied at seeing life go on around him like this ; he felt almost smug at walking past people and them not giving him a second glance , at least not now he 'd got rid of Slater . |
| 4 | As a result , despite his good looks and affable personality , women scarcely gave him a second glance . |
| 5 | My movements up to this had been quite natural , and if I could continue to make her think I was unaware of her presence , she would possibly give me a second chance . |
| 6 | But I still enjoyed it the second time . |
| 7 | Death — she had so longed for it that she hardly gave it a second thought . |
| 8 | Announcing this programme , the then Minister of Fuel and Power , Geoffrey Lloyd , said dramatically , ‘ Our nuclear pioneers have now given us a second chance — to lead another industrial revolution in the second half of the twentieth century . ' |
| 9 | They wo n't catch me a second time . |
| 10 | The men lounging beside the gate did n't even give them a second glance . |
| 11 | Most women I know would n't even give it a second thought . |
| 12 | Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance . |
| 13 | I did n't give them a second glance . |
| 14 | People got in and out of the lifts and did n't give him a second glance . |
| 15 | Secure in their mountain fortresses , the Dwarfs did n't give it a second thought . |
| 16 | I could n't face it a second time . |
| 17 | Two indeed were peers , one the Lord Belasyse with whom Willys again quarrelled fiercely , perhaps even sending him a second challenge . |
| 18 | Nowadays , she probably never even gave him a second thought . |
| 19 | Charlie parted with a penny and was handed a bagful , but no one even gave him a second glance . |
| 20 | If you then get it a second time you will then possibly have an allergic reaction to the horse serum . |