Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marvellously played , the work might well yield more on a second hearing . |
| 2 | The above example also shows how reported speech may carry over into a second sentence without any reinforcing signal . |
| 3 | Recording will begin shortly for a second title , Better Than Life , which is due in the autumn . |
| 4 | One can go on to a third group that I did not discuss , " all-ischaemic events " , including non-fatal and fatal reinfarction ; it includes the development of unstable angina , and revascularisation procedures . |
| 5 | Government policies are so short-term that by the time the recession is over , the country 's industrial base will have been destroyed , and we could end up with a Third World economy . |
| 6 | Watched by England number two Lawrie McMenemy , Stuart did get on as a 64th minute substitute , but added : ‘ It seems everyone else gets straight back into the side after injury except me . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Four other consultants did not reply even after a second letter and phone calls to their secretaries . |