Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] for a second " in BNC.
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| 1 | You put your guitar down for a second , and just as you turn away there 's a horrible discordant ker-draanngg ! , accompanied , if you 're unlucky , by the even more expensive noise of your headstock suddenly leaving the band to embark on a solo career . |
| 2 | Yeah Can I just flick the light on for a second ? |
| 3 | Cos if you take your eye off for a second , bang somebody 's there ! |
| 4 | He put the stub of the fat cigar he had been smoking under the cold tap , turned the water on for a second while the brown stump sizzled and died , then threw the sodden remnant in the bin . |
| 5 | Rory saw his mother 's shoulders move once , and she put her head down for a second , sniffed . |
| 6 | Minutes later McCluskey supplied the final pass to launch centre Alan Hunter in for a second Portadown try at the posts , leaving Brown to convert again to finally kill off Armagh 's stubborn challenge . |
| 7 | Simply place your finger over the end of the tube , lower the other end in the tank over the rubbish , and lift your finger off for a second . |