Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] a second " in BNC.

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1 Fearful of waking him a second time I waited .
2 On the outbreak of World War I Herbert joined the Irish Guards , despite his near-blindness , by the simple method of buying himself a second lieutenant 's uniform and falling in as the regiment boarded ship for France in August 1914 .
3 He could torture her all he wanted , but he would not succeed in breaking her a second time .
4 A clip round the ear has more chance of preventing him from doing something a second time than bringing all these other agencies in .
5 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 ! ’
6 People strolled past without giving him a second look — couples hand in hand , families with pushchairs , groups of friends looking for a good spot to picnic .
7 In any event , it is surely wrong , for the sake of a few weeks , to decide on the principle of the Bill by giving it a Second Reading while hon. Members still do not have the Stoner report .
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