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

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1 I went through them a second time with the copper who came round here . ’
2 Most of them were refugees from East Africa living in substandard conditions and paying exorbitant rents ; for them a second income was desperately needed , and going on strike seemed a dangerous business .
3 My father may well wish for me a second marriage , and to that end I must be at offer soon , and with a proper dowry .
4 As I passed the two of them a second security guard came out of the doorway , holding a fat canvas money-bag .
5 But the needs of his body , so long suppressed , caused him to avail himself of her a second time , and towards the end he felt himself impregnate her .
6 When you reach the end of it the second time , you start driving down it again and now you can see some things which seem to have changed considerably while others seem exactly the same .
7 Underneath it a second note reads , ‘ Capt FitzRoy Parrot beaked finch comes from James Island ’ .
8 As I was sending a copy of the new book to all those slimmers who were mentioned in the Complete Hip and Thigh Diet , I decided to include with it a second questionnaire .
9 ‘ Yes , while you 're here supporting your partner you can tell me to my face why you intend walking out on me a second time in my life . ’
10 But the believer is heir to a kingdom that can not be shaken He who trusts in God looks death out of countenance ; and over him the second death shall have no power … " "
11 Masklin ran this sentence through his head again , in case it made any sense when you listened to it a second time .
12 and then listen to it the second time and you go , ah !
13 His extraordinary eyes he veiled with lowered lids and humility , and only the satirical curve of his long lips , accentuated by those twin russet flames that forked upwards through his short black beard , caused the chamberlain who admitted him to look at him a second time .
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