Example sentences of "had second " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he soon had second thoughts . |
| 2 | After 113 minutes of attacking football that had Second Division Swindon reeling from the start , Third Division Bolton finally took the lead through Brown . |
| 3 | This week the Community had second thoughts . |
| 4 | Then he remembered the one designer he 'd met — gay — and had second thoughts . |
| 5 | In the middle of the night he had second thoughts and put on his clothes over his pyjamas . |
| 6 | Perhaps Nutty had second thoughts along the same lines , for she then said , quite nicely for her , ‘ You only think you ca n't do these things , Hoomey . |
| 7 | Another example , I 'm afraid , of the impertinence of conductors in supposing that composers who had second thoughts were necessarily hankering after their first versions all the time . |
| 8 | Most of the other Congress leaders also had second thoughts about the wisdom of having allowed Gandhi to negotiate alone with the viceroy . |
| 9 | Although Beckenham U.D.C. had powers to construct a tramway system , which they might have leased to the B.E.T. , and had built a power station in Churchfields Road , they now had second thoughts about tramways and were thinking in terms of permitting the B.E.T . |
| 10 | They had second thoughts and eventually challenged the legal effectiveness of the memorandum . |
| 11 | Campese , scorer of a record 51 Test tries , the most recent against Ireland last weekend , had second thoughts about taking his World Cup winners ' medal into retirement , despite his claim that rugby players are running themselves into the ground . |
| 12 | Colloredo then had second thoughts — Mozart was , after all , quite an asset — and declined to accept his letter of resignation . |
| 13 | Only Zed Juron was wholly uninjured — that slab of a man was so nimble at dodging , as if he had second sight — though a ricocheting shuriken had smashed his communicator . |
| 14 | Having set them out , Godolphin had second thoughts . |
| 15 | When he reached the police station , he had second thoughts and turned himself in , admitting that he was probably over the drink-drive limit . |
| 16 | Unfortunately the Reichsführer had second thoughts when told no less than 800,000 Russians had volunteered for service : he eventually authorised the creation of just two divisions . |
| 17 | With opposition to the loan mounting in Congress , Eisenhower had second thoughts about the project and suddenly in July 1956 , the Americans withdrew their offer . |
| 18 | But when they reached the embankment , Preston had second thoughts . |
| 19 | Lord Wilberforce ( whose words I have also quoted ) had second thoughts in an extra-judicial capacity at a seminar in Canberra ( Symposium on Statutory Interpretation , Canberra , 1983 , p. 13 ) where he referred to a case in which the minister on two occasions during the passage of a Finance Bill stated expressly that the provision was not intended to tax a particular class of beneficiary . |
| 20 | When the pie finally changed places with the cake on the sideboard and they all had second cups of tea , the dog , judging it would get no more scraps , came from under the table , stood on three legs to scratch its left ear , shook itself and clawed the door , whining . |
| 21 | Well he had second thoughts and then he changed his mi , he put his hand in and said , There you are . |
| 22 | For a moment he had second thoughts . |
| 23 | He ringed his napkin , scraped back the chair , made to get up , then had second thoughts . |
| 24 | In fact Auguste and Sid were the only volunteers and even Auguste had second thoughts as he smelt them on the gridiron . |
| 25 | ‘ I had second thoughts , ’ she admitted candidly , her answering smile a little pinched . |
| 26 | The archbishop of Cologne had second thoughts on the wisdom of helping Otto , for with Richard 's death no more money was coming from England , commercial interests suffered and the Rhine and Lotharingian supporters were hard hit . |
| 27 | When at this point the outraged proprietor himself arrived on the scene , seized a pickaxe from a workman and defied the party to proceed , using very much improper language , the sheriff had second thoughts and counselled withdrawal . |
| 28 | concerned the other day that the government had second thoughts on some of the proposals there and I hope that they will reconsider . |
| 29 | Great as the kudos might be , he had second thoughts : ‘ We 'd rather play Newcastle next season . |