Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for the second " in BNC.

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1 Having read both books for the first time , I really enjoyed them , but once I read them for the second time , I saw how little there really was to them .
2 Leo asked her for the second time .
3 Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday .
4 When he took the stage to collect the award ( winning it for the second time following two years of Vivienne Westwood ) , Ozbek did n't stand a chance .
5 Last season they won it for the second year in succession with some ease , and without their players being seriously extended .
6 Another part in the book that I did n't understand until I had read it for the second time was a bit right at the every end .
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