Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The barman hands her a second drink , a Tennents . |
| 2 | The Undo command gives you a second chance when you delete a block of text in error by allowing you to replace it in the document exactly where it came from . |
| 3 | City had not won a League game at Portman Road for 30 years , and had not scored in their last seven visits , but the jinx looked to have come to an end when Gary Flitcroft 's first senior goal for the club gave them a 37th minute lead . |
| 4 | Until yesterday , these would have seen Barnes deployed on one flank with Rocastle 's defensive awareness earning him a ninth cap at Waddle 's expense on the other . |
| 5 | Convincing wins The game had been close throughout with Spectrum looking good for a win after Terry Parvin had hit a basket and a free throw to give them a last minute lead by 47 points to 45 until Lockey decided to steal the limelight to give Consett a 48–47 win . |
| 6 | The Duty Officer made it a fifth time , glanced , not without anxiety at the brief-case , momentarily at Frau Nordern , then with relief , over her shoulder , and jerked his lumps and bumps . |
| 7 | Eventually , in what would then have been interpreted as a generous gesture on the part of the Poor Law authorities , the wife was freed in order to give her a second chance to build up a home . |
| 8 | I just ca n't see why the system gave him a second chance . |
| 9 | At his christening his mother gave him a second forename , ‘ Arthur ’ , which he did not like and never used . |
| 10 | The left-armer denied himself a sixth by wasting a cowardly bouncer on Malcolm . |