Example sentences of "[vb past] for the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Wednesday 13 February , we met for the second time with pensions as the agenda item . |
| 2 | Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting . |
| 3 | ‘ Now , you 're sure you feel well enough to make a statement ? ’ he asked for the second or third time . |
| 4 | I have to admit that I felt a strange sense of elation as I hit him again , in fact I plumbed the depths of bad taste by yelling , ‘ Never one around when you want one , is there , Jack ? ’ as Armstrong bounced for the second time . |
| 5 | Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days . |
| 6 | However , Mark Hughes , who scored for the second game running , and Brian McClair intend to make Ferguson 's decision as hard as possible . |
| 7 | There 's even a 100MHz dual-processor penned for the second quarter of next year using Cypress ' promised three-layer , 0.5 CMOS technology , touted at up to 320 MIPS , 162 SPECmarks , 142 SPECfp and 77 MFLOPS . |
| 8 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
| 9 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
| 10 | In Guildford I saw for the second time the travelling exhibition ‘ Architecture in Context ’ , staged by the RIBA 's South East Region . |
| 11 | Corporate bankruptcies in Japan fell for the second month , but were still up 7.5% in the first four months of 1993 . |
| 12 | As a result of the bad weather , the Royal Bank of Scotland 's oil index fell for the second consecutive month to 114.5 , the second lowest January since the index began ten years ago . |
| 13 | He reached for the second file . |
| 14 | ‘ Has the postman been yet ? ’ he demanded for the second time . |
| 15 | Just like a shark , she thought for the second time that night , and the image did n't entirely displease her . |
| 16 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 17 | We learned for the second time that old London Underground trains never die : they are sold for another quarter-century 's work on the Isle of Wight . |
| 18 | Baglin emerged for the second set looking more determined , and quickly set about re-establishing himself in the match . |
| 19 | Corinth sent help to Potidaia , the Athenians sent a besieging force , and so Corinth and Athens clashed for the second time . |
| 20 | His coaching duties with the Scotland sevens squad concluded for the day , he duly appeared for the second half of the semi-final against the relatively fresh-faced youths of White Hart Marauders — inspired by England internationalists , Dewi Morris and Jeremy Guscott , and B caps , Damian Hopley and Justyn Cassell . |
| 21 | Such taxes begin with the levies imposed by lay rulers to raise money for the crusades ( as the kings of England and France did for the Second and Third Crusades ) . |
| 22 | ‘ Look , Jeremy , ’ Celia said for the second time . |
| 23 | The result was a stutter of no consequence for Rangers , who had done enough to win several games before Coyle struck for the second time . |
| 24 | In August 1971 , the same year in which he married for the second time , Canetti 's brother , Georg , was dying . |
| 25 | On the 5th June 1156 , Frederick Barbarossa married for the second time . |
| 26 | Towards the end of his long life he married for the second time . |
| 27 | Hours before the March for Life , dozens of volunteers from Operation Rescue ( a radical anti-abortionist group which had conducted a mass blockade of abortion clinics in 1991 — see p. 38383 ) attempted for the second morning in succession to block access to two abortion clinics in the capital . |