Example sentences of "[adv] for a second time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is bad enough to fail one 's driving test once ; to do so for a second time reinforces the sense of hopelessness in the learner 's mind — he now has twice as many failures to build upon — so that he uses his ability to visualize in an even more negative fashion . |
| 2 | What right did he have to come back into her life like this , trying to shatter it into little pieces that could n't be put back together for a second time ? |
| 3 | Elizabeth and Harry had been married for ten years , both for a second time . |
| 4 | Douglas chased the German back over Edinburgh again for a second time , so low that ‘ grannies ’ fell off chimneys and empty cartridge cases rained in back-gardens . |
| 5 | The Ulsterman has decided to remain faithful to 1991 Champion hero Morley Street , as Toby Balding 's eight-year-old clashes with Granville Again for a second time this season . |
| 6 | When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time . |
| 7 | Not only that ; that 's where they get their instructions , because sometimes some of them go out again for a second time to take part in another incident . |