Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lio ! rt came in for a second run , but slower this time to allow for the big man 's unexpected agility . |
| 2 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal . |
| 6 | The first attempt was almost a disaster , but he got the plane up again and came round for a second shot . |
| 7 | As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs . |
| 8 | John Major shaved carefully for the second time that day . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Bombay : Prices fell sharply for the second day running . |
| 11 | This is your moment of truth ; more like moment of terror as West Hartlepool ran through for a second try . |
| 12 | And so it was that on a beautiful morning in May , two to three years after her return from Trantridge , Tess Durbeyfield left home for the second time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
| 15 | SCUNTHORPE , down to 10 men for more than an hour , equalised , forced extra time and then held out for a second replay . |