Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you put someone on a second floor balcony , for instance , to deliver an address , it looks as if he is simply haranguing his listeners . |
| 2 | Whereas hypocrisy in the tragic mode is usually revealed to the audience directly , in advance of the action , here Shakespeare makes Angelo declare himself to a second person , Isabella , confident that — as Falstaff says when he is planning his pretence of having killed Hotspur in battle — ‘ Nothing confutes me but e-yes , and nobody sees me ’ ( 1 Henry IV V.iv.125f ) : And indeed , Angelo 's position is impregnable , unless some force from outside , with superior knowledge , can expose him . |
| 3 | I think other people see you as a second class citizen . |
| 4 | And Argentina might bankrupt itself with a second invasion . |
| 5 | & presented with a baby sister & & me with a second grand-daughter on 11 th Sept. … … 8lbs. 13ozs . |
| 6 | Thus midday discovered me with a second scotch in my hand , a Pakki nightie round my waist , and a half-naked sex-stewardess straddling my thighs . |
| 7 | As PostScript is something of a second fiddle to Hewlett-Packard 's PCL in the PC world you might have thought that this was nothing to do with you . |
| 8 | This means that for many of its black speakers as well as virtually all its white speakers , the London variety of Creole is something like a second language or dialect , learnt around the time of transition between childhood and adolescence . |
| 9 | ‘ Above all , the British industrial revolution was a regional phenomenon ’ ( Pollard , 1981 ) ; but often pioneering regions , four declined soon after they had made their vital contribution ( Cornwall , Shropshire , North Wales and the Derbyshire uplands ) , while two more ( Tyneside and Clydeside ) had to get something like a second wind to survive as centres of expanding metal industries and shipbuilding . |
| 10 | But now , after he has commanded Abraham to leave everything behind a second time , he waits until Abraham has passed the test . |
| 11 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 12 | She could n't face seeing that realisation in his eyes , for the sake of her own sanity had to get away — had to flee from him for a second time . |
| 13 | In The Wrench he creates the rigger Faussone , the practical man whose cranes girdle the world and who keeps returning , a little heavy-footed , to the house in Turin where two old aunts fuss over his welfare : Faussone was spoken of as ‘ my alter ego ’ , and the book has to struggle to accommodate him as a second person , available for interview by Levi . |
| 14 | He was promoted warrant officer in the RNAS and then , in 1918 , the Royal Flying Corps commissioned him as a second lieutenant . |
| 15 | That his clothes hugged him like a second skin , hiding nothing . |
| 16 | To her it was quite perfect , a light red costume made of silk , which seemed to cling to her like a second skin . |
| 17 | But slimming , whether intentional or — as now — the result of unhappiness , never seemed to affect her breasts , and the much washed , faded T-shirt clung to her like a second skin . |
| 18 | ‘ So I 've already gathered from your own choice of decorating gear , ’ he murmured , once again letting his eyes roam freely over the leotard and leggings clinging lovingly to her like a second skin . |
| 19 | Hearing the sound of his footsteps at the bottom of the stairs , she quickly pulled on the first things that came to hand — a pair of well-worn jeans that clung lovingly to her like a second skin , and a sweatshirt . |
| 20 | Caroline concentrated on a spot on the wall while Fabbiano , kneeling on the floor before her , whisked a needle and thread through the hem of the scarlet silk dress that clung to her like a second skin . |
| 21 | Something between 60 and 100 MPs are eager to clip Mrs Thatcher 's wings by staging a show of disaffection or by forcing her into a second round when the first round votes are cast , on December 5 under the most likely timetable . |
| 22 | She had followed him in a second taxi to London Airport , taking her case with her . |
| 23 | On June 17 the Colorado leadership issued a statement deploring and rejecting the Assembly 's decision to debar him from a second term . |
| 24 | The trial of Marion Barry , 54 , Mayor of Washington DC , ended on Aug. 10 when , after eight days of deliberation , the jury convicted him on one count of possessing cocaine but acquitted him on a second charge of possession . |
| 25 | Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time . |
| 26 | World champion , and well on the way to winning it for a second time . |
| 27 | And we 're doing it in a second time . |
| 28 | Articles written by the gallery 's curatorial , scientific and conservation staff in the latest volume ( number 14 ) include an analysis of the underdrawing found in Raphael 's ‘ Garvagh Madonna ’ during a study by infra-red reflectography , prompted by the examination of the recently identified ‘ Madonna dei Garofani ’ by Raphael ; an account of the history , conservation and painting technique of two of Canaletto 's Venetian scenes in the Gallery 's Collection , ‘ The stonemason 's yard ’ and ‘ The upper reaches of the Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo ’ ; the results of the investigation and treatment of Laurent de la Hyre 's ‘ Allegorical Figure of Grammar ’ , relating it to a second version in the Walters Art Gallery , Baltimore ; and a discussion of the technique and perspective scheme in Bramantino 's recently restored ‘ Adoration of the Magi ’ . |
| 29 | I commandeered it without a second thought . ’ |
| 30 | My wife treats ours like a second handbag — it 's full of rubbish . |