Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] a second time " 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 | Could she survive it a second time ? |
| 5 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
| 8 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 9 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
| 10 | He could torture her all he wanted , but he would not succeed in breaking her a second time . |
| 11 | when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all |
| 12 | If you then get it a second time you will then possibly have an allergic reaction to the horse serum . |
| 13 | I could n't face it a second time . |
| 14 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |
| 15 | A clip round the ear has more chance of preventing him from doing something a second time than bringing all these other agencies in . |
| 16 | It is a frightening experience , and I have never heard of anyone doing it a second time . |
| 17 | Dave said , ‘ The most frightening part of the jump was climbing out of the plane and having to crawl along the wing before jumping , but I look forward to doing it a second time just for fun ! ’ |
| 18 | She had just pressed it a second time when she heard a faint voice above the High Street traffic . |
| 19 | When he did it a second time , I put the light out . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't think you could get it a second time . |
| 21 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 22 | He had kissed her a second time . |
| 23 | He did n't have to tell me a second time . |
| 24 | Ace Barton , world champion and on present form looking likely to make it a second time . |