Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] second " in BNC.

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1 They wo n't catch me a second time .
2 He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature .
3 But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’
4 CAPENHURST 'S safety record which last year won it a certificate of merit from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has earned it a second award this year .
5 If you dive after a surface interval of more than 10 minutes , the Solution will consider it a second dive , and dive time will start again from zero .
6 Could she survive it a second time ?
7 Do they give them a second thought ?
8 I did n't give them a second glance .
9 The men lounging beside the gate did n't even give them a second glance .
10 Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance .
11 My movements up to this had been quite natural , and if I could continue to make her think I was unaware of her presence , she would possibly give me a second chance .
12 did I bring you the second of that stupid one down ?
13 Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away .
14 The reality was that he could walk into any bar or restaurant anywhere in the world and no one would give him a second glance .
15 If he appeared in that door now , probably none of the girls here would give him a second glance : it 's all long hair and round shoulders now , is n't it , like yesterday 's flowers .
16 People got in and out of the lifts and did n't give him a second glance .
17 Butch Beausoleil could live here in the nude and no one would give her a second glance .
18 She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads .
19 Secure in their mountain fortresses , the Dwarfs did n't give it a second thought .
20 Recycling is better than disposal so before you throw anything away think how you could give it a second life .
21 Most women I know would n't even give it a second thought .
22 Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately .
23 Police revealed yesterday that Joanna had told them a second man was involved in her disappearance .
24 She poured me a second cup of coffee .
25 And you are left in this condition during the operation , then at the end of the operation they give you a second injection that reverses the first one that paralysed you .
26 Fearful of waking him a second time I waited .
27 A magic fairy that would whisk her away from all this , she thought , who could turn the clock back and give her a second chance — a more dignified entrance perhaps , a way of showing this arrogant rat just what she thought of him .
28 Celia 's patience snapped when he poured her the second glass of retsina .
29 The barman hands her a second drink , a Tennents .
30 I have recently been to a performance of Mr Handel 's Messiah and , would you believe it the Second West Yorkshire Yeomanry is to hold a Regimental Ball in the New Year , in the Exchange Buildings ! ’
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