Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [art] [num ord] " 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 | The thought of facing her the next day was quite terrifying , but not an obligation Meryl intended to shirk . |
| 4 | After Dan Salmon 's funeral , Charlie tried to read the Daily Chronicle every morning in the hope of discovering what the second battalion , Royal Fusiliers , were up to and where his father might be . |
| 5 | He could torture her all he wanted , but he would not succeed in breaking her a second time . |
| 6 | A clip round the ear has more chance of preventing him from doing something a second time than bringing all these other agencies in . |
| 7 | He coughed a little nervously , before giving her a last look . |
| 8 | Knowing what Edmund has done to his real father might have given Cornwall pause before proclaiming himself the next one . |
| 9 | It is a good sound bite , but it is not any better for hearing it the second time . |
| 10 | 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 ! ’ |
| 11 | If she were his mother , and he let himself be shot without giving her a last chance of looking into his eyes ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The troubles in Kent dragged on sporadically for some two years ; in August 1450 a certain William Parmenter virtually proclaimed himself Cade 's successor by calling himself the second captain of Kent , in April 1451 there were troubles fomented by Henry Hasilden , and in May 1452 there was yet further disorder ( 42 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Sister Murphy had been the last nurse to be with Sister Edith Cavell , and King George V had honoured her by making her the first to receive a medal for bravery at one of his levees . |