Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a second " in BNC.

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1 Returning to London eventually , and still attempting to arrange the peace for which they were empowered , they stayed on for a second year , accumulating benefices and sustained by clerical procurations meanwhile .
2 The Rothmans Honda team member broke his right leg in five places when he went down for a second time during the opening championship round on a wet Suzuka circuit .
3 He was n't going to come charging back , forcing her to remember things she had worked long and hard to forget , turning her entire world upside down for a second time .
4 ‘ That was the FRG from Soltau — they 've cleared most of the tasks from last night , less a Chieftain power pack change that 's in hand and one badly bogged tank — they 're having to find a route in for a second armoured recovery vehicle , and , of course , the last Challenger pack change — how are the lads doing on those packs that came in this morning ? ’
5 On every channel earnest-looking men with maps and pointers , looking like war-gamers in some fiendish Pentagon basement , demonstrate — predict , even — the inch-by-inch path that the storm is taking , noting that it usually passes off to the north , but may perhaps curve back upon itself and go in for a second strike .
6 Lio ! rt came in for a second run , but slower this time to allow for the big man 's unexpected agility .
7 This is your moment of truth ; more like moment of terror as West Hartlepool ran through for a second try .
8 Then Gannon struck in the 81st minute and added the third with a penalty after Exeter 's Kevin Miller was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 89th minute .
9 Alan McDonald was sent off for a second bookable offence as Queens Park Rangers lost 2–1 to Tottenham .
10 Apollon did n't help their cause when they had Marios Charalambous sent off for a second bookable offence a minute before the break .
11 Earlier , with just seconds remaining of normal time , Mark Hughes had been sent off for a second bookable offence and his team mates then produced a magnificent display of courageous football to keep themselves in this tie .
12 Middlesbrough fans feared the worst when central defender Nicky Mohan was sent off for a second bookable offence .
13 In due course ( usually about the end of January ) such Bills will come up for a second reading , i.e. they will appear again on the order paper for consideration during private business , the first item on the Houses ' agenda after prayers , usually 2.35 to 2.40 or 2.45 p.m .
14 Straightening up for a second time , Anna thought Isobel looked more like a librarian than a deacon .
15 West Indian pace bowler Ken McLeod has signed up for a second stint at Synthonia after being absent from the league for three years .
16 SCUNTHORPE , down to 10 men for more than an hour , equalised , forced extra time and then held out for a second replay .
17 Though it says it still has $1m in the bank , it is currently out for a second round , believed to be in the neighbourhood of $4.5m , which would make it the most heavily backed venture in the field .
18 I shall have to be looking out for a second hand bike-y just for the occasional trip into town without getting Stuey out of bed so I be a bit more independent than just bothering you all time , if I just wan na pop anywhere .
19 When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check .
20 Go back for a second glance — is that really me ?
21 The parents of the kids at the school where Mrs Rogers taught had her barred from the school , in case the hit squad came back for a second try .
22 It is n't known whether the South African Richard Snell will be back for a second year .
23 But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview .
24 ‘ I never seen anybody come back for a second dose of the blue , ’ said a man behind her , for all the world as though he were safe reminiscing in some bar of his old age .
25 His second-in-command re-divided the men and sent them back for a second search of the places they had searched before .
26 There is still a month of the fitness challenge to run and participants are being invited back for a second assessment .
27 ‘ Hopefully , it will be back for a second series in September .
28 Should n't we be opening our universities to older people , for people to come back for a second dose as it were , for retraining and so on ?
29 The first attempt was almost a disaster , but he got the plane up again and came round for a second shot .
30 ‘ Dutch elm disease is a terrible thing , ’ said Mr Molesworth , corning round for a second time .
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