Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wo n't catch me a second time . |
| 2 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
| 3 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 4 | CAPENHURST 'S safety record which last year won it a certificate of merit from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has earned it a second award this year . |
| 5 | If you dive after a surface interval of more than 10 minutes , the Solution will consider it a second dive , and dive time will start again from zero . |
| 6 | Could she survive it a second time ? |
| 7 | I also built myself a second house there , and so I had two homes . |
| 8 | Do they give them a second thought ? |
| 9 | I did n't give them a second glance . |
| 10 | The men lounging beside the gate did n't even give them a second glance . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance . |
| 13 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 14 | The reality was that he could walk into any bar or restaurant anywhere in the world and no one would give him a second glance . |
| 15 | If he appeared in that door now , probably none of the girls here would give him a second glance : it 's all long hair and round shoulders now , is n't it , like yesterday 's flowers . |
| 16 | People got in and out of the lifts and did n't give him a second glance . |
| 17 | Butch Beausoleil could live here in the nude and no one would give her a second glance . |
| 18 | She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads . |
| 19 | Secure in their mountain fortresses , the Dwarfs did n't give it a second thought . |
| 20 | Most women I know would n't even give it a second thought . |
| 21 | Recycling is better than disposal so before you throw anything away think how you could give it a second life . |
| 22 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
| 23 | Police revealed yesterday that Joanna had told them a second man was involved in her disappearance . |
| 24 | She poured me a second cup of coffee . |
| 25 | When he was gone Klaus Ebert went across to the decanter and poured himself a second brandy . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | As Ashley poured herself a second cup of rich dark coffee at a side-table , she frowned again . |
| 28 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 29 | A magic fairy that would whisk her away from all this , she thought , who could turn the clock back and give her a second chance — a more dignified entrance perhaps , a way of showing this arrogant rat just what she thought of him . |
| 30 | Celia 's patience snapped when he poured her the second glass of retsina . |