Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If undemanding schooling methods , supplemented by hours in front of cretinous , discontinuous TV programmes , have given them a thirty-second attention span , poor linguistic skills , therefore poor conceptualising and critical powers , and a craving for instant entertainment , then it will not matter what cultural policy a government adopts . |
| 2 | They wo n't catch me a second time . |
| 3 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
| 4 | She bore him a third son , but a difficult carriage and birth presaged troubles which eventually cost her her life in her forties . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I just do n't fancy tackling her a third time . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If you tell him to jump a jump twice , he does it ; but when you tell him to jump it a third time , he says , ‘ I 've had it , I 've done it twice and I 'm not going to do it again ! ’ |
| 9 | He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ You could always consider it a last request . ’ |
| 12 | Could she survive it a second time ? |
| 13 | Do they give them a second thought ? |
| 14 | I did n't give them a second glance . |
| 15 | The men lounging beside the gate did n't even give them a second glance . |
| 16 | He tells them that Claudia has written them a last message . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance . |
| 19 | So do n't forget the one thousand who do n't think any of them are a good team , add all those up and that will give you a fourth equation . |
| 20 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | People got in and out of the lifts and did n't give him a second glance . |
| 24 | Butch Beausoleil could live here in the nude and no one would give her a second glance . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Secure in their mountain fortresses , the Dwarfs did n't give it a second thought . |
| 27 | Most women I know would n't even give it a second thought . |
| 28 | Recycling is better than disposal so before you throw anything away think how you could give it a second life . |
| 29 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
| 30 | Police revealed yesterday that Joanna had told them a second man was involved in her disappearance . |