Example sentences of "[pron] a second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lesions may present at any age and they have always been recorded as solitary , except in one case , and possibly in anothr , in which a second polyp was resected from the site of anastomosis of the previous operation six months before . |
| 2 | Of the 9,009 papers those on which a second preference was indicated were transferred in the same way as Paisley 's surplus . |
| 3 | The figure by which a second borrower 's income can be multiplied , or by which the two incomes added may be multiplied . |
| 4 | It did n't help that , intellectually , I knew that she was reliving her own feelings about the way in which a second child — me — had wrecked her marriage . |
| 5 | The first mineral to crystallize is usually olivine , which carries on crystallizing as the magma cools until a temperature is reached at which a second mineral , pyroxene , begins to appear , and then , as the temperature drops still further , these two continue to crystallize together . |
| 6 | When he was gone Klaus Ebert went across to the decanter and poured himself a second brandy . |
| 7 | On the outbreak of World War I Herbert joined the Irish Guards , despite his near-blindness , by the simple method of buying himself a second lieutenant 's uniform and falling in as the regiment boarded ship for France in August 1914 . |
| 8 | The Undo command gives you a second chance when you delete a block of text in error by allowing you to replace it in the document exactly where it came from . |
| 9 | It throws into combat the best players from all corners of the country and , unlike the old final trial game , it gives you a second chance if you play badly first time out . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Yesterday the 86-year-old writer of more than 80 books said from her home in Jesmond , Newcastle : ‘ I am amazed and humbled that the Queen has seen fit to give me a second honour . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She poured me a second cup of coffee . |
| 15 | Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance . |
| 16 | He did n't have to tell me a second time . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | They wo n't catch me a second time . |
| 19 | Do they give them a second thought ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Police revealed yesterday that Joanna had told them a second man was involved in her disappearance . |
| 22 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
| 23 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |
| 24 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
| 25 | I went through them a second time with the copper who came round here . ’ |
| 26 | The image of God as a cosmic gambler can also be found in Brunain , where a simple peasant and his wife find God to be good doublere , " doubler " , giving them a second beast when they naively give their own cow to the priest who has told them that God repays gifts twofold . |
| 27 | As I passed the two of them a second security guard came out of the doorway , holding a fat canvas money-bag . |
| 28 | If they do n't respond to me in the next forty eight hours I 'm going to send them a second letter er tel . |
| 29 | I did n't give them a second glance . |
| 30 | The men lounging beside the gate did n't even give them a second glance . |