Example sentences of "[verb] for a second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resentful at Alexander and fearful that the King might beget am heir by his new queen and so lose for a second time the opportunity to advance the claims of his own house ? |
| 2 | Heavy rain stopped everyone after 18 laps , so it was back to go for a second start . |
| 3 | Terrorism and the Liberal State was published in 1977 , and revised for a second edition in 1986 . |
| 4 | She asked for a second helping of spinach . |
| 5 | Next Brook asked for a second volunteer . |
| 6 | She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan . |
| 7 | If you are recalled for a second interview it is worth changing to a different outfit altogether if you can afford it or have something else suitable . |
| 8 | You may be recalled for a second interview or apply to the same place some time in the future . |
| 9 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 10 | The case was heard for a second time in mid-1986 , when he was convicted on six counts of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment , but the verdict was later overturned . |
| 11 | The concern for the future of the Deutschmark within the EEC erupted belatedly in the Bundestag in early October 1992 ; at the insistence of an all-party committee , the Parliament pressed for a second opportunity to ratify stage 3 of the Maastricht Treaty before the Deutschmark became irrevocably part of the Single Currency . |
| 12 | In January 1984 , the Chairman of the ESRC visited Belfast and announced that a further £480,000 was to be committed for a second phase of the programme . |
| 13 | I doubted not that they were law officers , but did not linger for a second look , being already at the casement windows into the side garden . |
| 14 | This requires firms that are approached for a second opinion to contact the auditor to see if there are any relevant facts that they ought to know . |
| 15 | They got it when Inzamam was short of speed returning for a second run , and Malcolm 's throw from third man was slickly relayed by Russell to the bowler 's end . |
| 16 | Second time around was more impressive with the Swilers overwhelmed 61–7 as outside-half Gareth Rees provided four tries and eight conversions before returning for a second season of club rugby in France . |
| 17 | Two days passed , and on Sunday , 16 December , the schooner tried for a second time to get to Fort Davey but was forced back . |
| 18 | Hence began the campaign to enable the President to stand for a second term of office . |
| 19 | During November the three largest parties announced their candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for April 26 , 1992 , to elect a successor to Kurt Waldheim , who had in June 1991 declined to stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 20 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 21 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 22 | Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board . |
| 23 | Three balls later Wessels ' bat appeared to collide with Kapil at the bowler 's end as the South African turned for a second run . |
| 24 | Such a page , offered to the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York , for £25,000 , finally led to James 's arrest , as the sheet was recognised by Dr Estelle Whelan of the Centre for Iranian Studies at Columbia University , to whom the Met had turned for a second opinion . |
| 25 | One try resulted in a pregnancy which ended in a miscarriage , but the couple are saving for a second try . |
| 26 | Patients were still taking omeprazole when they had the tests done for a second time . |
| 27 | It was like some ghoulish rerun of Sunday afternoon , as if the same sequence in a film was being shot for a second time under a different director . |
| 28 | If BR could not make a case for seven trains for one of its most profitable routes , it was clear that plans for a second tranche of HSTs for the Cross Country group of services would not satisfy the new criteria . |
| 29 | They 're hoping retired people , or those looking for a second home in the country will stump up the cash . |
| 30 | Digital Equipment Corp chief executive Robert Palmer has reiterated that the company is looking for a second source to manufacture its Alpha RISC chips . |