Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
| 2 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 3 | Two indeed were peers , one the Lord Belasyse with whom Willys again quarrelled fiercely , perhaps even sending him a second challenge . |
| 4 | He could torture her all he wanted , but he would not succeed in breaking her a second time . |
| 5 | While other newspapers were wrongly calling it a second honeymoon , TODAY revealed that virtually the only time the couple acknowledged each other was when Diana intercepted a phone call from Charles to Mrs Parker-Bowles and a screaming row erupted . |
| 6 | The image of God as a cosmic gambler can also be found in Brunain , where a simple peasant and his wife find God to be good doublere , " doubler " , giving them a second beast when they naively give their own cow to the priest who has told them that God repays gifts twofold . |
| 7 | Should the wielder attack and fail to score a hit , he may immediately re-roll the attack again , giving him a second chance to hit . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Graham felt oddly satisfied at seeing life go on around him like this ; he felt almost smug at walking past people and them not giving him a second glance , at least not now he 'd got rid of Slater . |
| 10 | Fernand had completely vanished , giving her a second chance to escape , yet , almost without hesitation , she began to follow . |
| 11 | Giving her a second chance he having failed |
| 12 | As she yelled again he was buffeted by a shopper about some business as urgent as hers , and he turned as he was struck , giving her a second glimpse of him . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is a frightening experience , and I have never heard of anyone doing it a second time . |
| 15 | 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 ! ’ |
| 16 | It is a good sound bite , but it is not any better for hearing it the second time . |
| 17 | Or maybe , seeing us the second time , he might have suspected . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , Reuters has brought forward payment of its previously-announced final dividend of 15.9p to 5 April , renaming it a second interim . |