Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] second time " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is no such ring in the Reeve 's Tale , but it is hard not to notice that the motif seems to have been displaced and taken over by Absolon as he approaches Alison 's window for the second time that night , in order to deceive her : A sure example of intertextual inference is found in John 's use of the cradle trick ; he envies Alayn 's success with Malyne , and decides he will " " arise and auntre [ chance ] it " " himself . |
| 32 | FOUR-year-old Lucy Gill saved her epileptic dad Liam for the second time in two weeks by dialling 999 when he fell at their West Bromwich home . |
| 33 | Steve Foley has become Colchester 's caretaker-manager for a second time , Jock Wallace having been appointed a director last week — ‘ I will do all in my power to help the club , ’ he said . |
| 34 | Greece embarked on a fortnight of party negotiations following the failure of the two main parties to secure a clear majority in national balloting for the second time this year . |
| 35 | ( Note that " recreolisation " can also mean the development of a new Creole language from an existing one which has undergone pidginisation for a second time . |
| 36 | Miandad wo n't lose sleep over the crowd 's abuse , especially if his pacemen polish England off a second time . |
| 37 | Many Arabs who lost their homes in what became the state of Israel and settled on the West Bank in 1948 became refugees for a second time during the Six Day War in 1967 . |
| 38 | And he has written to Home Secretary Michael Howard demanding to know if plans for the category B inmate jail will be put on ice for a second time . |
| 39 | He has written to Home Secretary , Michael Howard , demanding to know if plans for the category B inmate jail will be put on ice for a second time . |
| 40 | But when parliament met later in the day to summon Congress formally , Mr Khasbulatov for the second time in three days stepped back from delivering the final stroke . |
| 41 | The seventy five year old bachelor had finally got his girl at the second time of asking years He 'd waited half a century for this kiss with his new bride Rose , and he still could n't believe his luck . |
| 42 | A MANCHESTER United starlet of the 1980s is plotting the downfall of Prescot for the second time in seven days . |
| 43 | My hands were shaking as I got into the raft for the second time . |
| 44 | Rex threw down Laura 's weapon for the second time and stuck 'em up . |
| 45 | And Port Vale are set to take around 22,000 fans to the twin towers for the second time in a week . |
| 46 | In general , there are many situations without a check in which enough of the energy of the returning hammer will be absorbed to prevent the hammer reaching the string for a second time , but not enough to stop the hammer bouncing up some way towards the string . |
| 47 | Over 2400 JS pensioners gathered together for the 45th JS Veterans Reunions on March 29 , April 5 and 26 — the event being organised on three days for the second time due to the large number of participants from all corners of the country . |
| 48 | THE WIFE of a man wounded in an INLA murder bid in Belfast six days ago says he is ‘ absolutely devastated ’ to be targeted by terrorists for a second time . |
| 49 | ‘ Fiona of Burnham ’ and ‘ Morning All ’ both headed their respective classes for the second time , while the Contessa 32 ‘ Space ’ ( R Brooking and P Trudgett , HPYC ) could feel extremely satisfied with a second and a third to show for her weekend efforts . |
| 50 | The new timetable prolonged the transition period for a second time [ see p. 38563 for first extension ] despite the government 's insistence in January that the transition would end on March 26 as planned [ see p. 38709 ] . |
| 51 | AMATEUR drama lovers have vowed the show will go on despite being bombed out of the venue for their drama finals for the second time in two days . |
| 52 | Well do n't squeeze your nose for the second time or it wo n't come that 's better that 's it . |
| 53 | THE Duke and Duchess of Kent became grandparents for the second time yesterday when the Earl of St Andrews and his wife had a baby girl . |
| 54 | Sir Derek Alun-Jones , Ferranti 's chairman , is expected to postpone the annual meeting for a second time so that revised accounts can be prepared to include the effect of the £185m International Signal and Control fraud . |
| 55 | In fact the Eliots travelled across the Atlantic for the second time in October ; when he stopped at Chicago to give a reading on his way to St Louis , a reporter noted that he " looked rather tired and smiled in a vague , undirected way " . |
| 56 | Richard Fish , 24 , told from his hospital bed last night how he fractured his spine in three places when his bid to equal the world canoe free-fall record for a second time went ‘ horribly wrong . ’ |
| 57 | Derbyshire opener Barnett carried his bat for the second time in his career with 108 in 227 minutes against Glamorgan at Derby — over half the final total in a 191-defeat . |
| 58 | Derbyshire opener Barnett carried his bat for the second time in his career with 108 in 227 minutes against Glamorgan at Derby — over half the final total in a 191-defeat . |
| 59 | Having been frustrated in her 1988 cruise to Scandinavia , Islander headed north-east once more last summer and this time succeeded in passing through the Limfjord , sailing down the Kattegat and up into the Baltic as far as Stockholm before retracing her steps to visit Copenhagen for the second time on this voyage . |
| 60 | Michael Roberts has picked up a two-week ban in South Africa for the second time this winter . |