Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a second " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headmaster continued gawping dumbly for a second , then without a word he turned on his heel and led the way across the hall . |
| 2 | Hang on for a second please . |
| 3 | He put the stub of the fat cigar he had been smoking under the cold tap , turned the water on for a second while the brown stump sizzled and died , then threw the sodden remnant in the bin . |
| 4 | Yeah Can I just flick the light on for a second ? |
| 5 | Now , as he looked round the kitchen , he suddenly frowned and winced , putting on , but only for a second , what Jack called his surly Eastern European sneer . |
| 6 | I was frightened , of course , but only for a second or two . |
| 7 | One of the workers touches her shoulder , it is only the slightest touch and only for a second . |
| 8 | but only for a second as he sets off |
| 9 | I went downstairs to the phone in my dressing-gown , pausing only for a second outside Toby 's door to listen for the typewriter , which was silent , and for another moment outside Mavis 's to leave her snuff-box . |
| 10 | He saw it only for a second . |
| 11 | He halted only for a second , enough to narrow his eyes and purse his lips into a look of utter disgust , as though a dog 's turd had grown legs and scurried on to his carpet . |
| 12 | But this was only for a second . |
| 13 | The two men below saw it , but only for a second , as the window was shut with a bang . |
| 14 | Resting only for a second |
| 15 | You put your guitar down for a second , and just as you turn away there 's a horrible discordant ker-draanngg ! , accompanied , if you 're unlucky , by the even more expensive noise of your headstock suddenly leaving the band to embark on a solo career . |
| 16 | Rory saw his mother 's shoulders move once , and she put her head down for a second , sniffed . |
| 17 | So put that down for a second will we ? |
| 18 | Listening to Alison she did , perhaps for a second only , see it as conceivable . |
| 19 | So for a second it seemed the most natural thing in the world when the ships airlock suddenly opened , and I stepped out of my cabin to see Sergia framed in the lock , with two male Ardakkeans behind her . |
| 20 | No , I shall not do so for a second , because it will prolong matters . |
| 21 | Minutes later McCluskey supplied the final pass to launch centre Alan Hunter in for a second Portadown try at the posts , leaving Brown to convert again to finally kill off Armagh 's stubborn challenge . |
| 22 | Douglas Bader 's 242 Squadron ) claimed another Ju87 shot down with a second as probably destroyed — the latter subsequently being confirmed by cine gun-camera . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll be in in a second . ’ |
| 24 | Canvassing on his behalf appears to have indicated , however , that many MPs would remain loyal to the Prime Minister in a first ballot , switching only in a second when , of course , there might be additional candidates . |
| 25 | It featured a Carolyn no less real than herself : her double , her living image , separated from her only by a second 's timing in a rainsoaked dash across Leap Lane . |
| 26 | Rory looked away for a second , towards the beach , where the long Atlantic rollers crashed against the broad expanse of gold . |
| 27 | He held her away for a second , eyeing her curiously . |
| 28 | Just for a second Umberto forgot his own hangover . |
| 29 | At first , just for a second , Meredith thought she had seen the placard and was going over to argue the point . |
| 30 | ‘ Just for a second though , right ? ’ |