Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 2 | I also built myself a second house there , and so I had two homes . |
| 3 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 4 | She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads . |
| 5 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
| 6 | She poured me a second cup of coffee . |
| 7 | When he was gone Klaus Ebert went across to the decanter and poured himself a second brandy . |
| 8 | As Ashley poured herself a second cup of rich dark coffee at a side-table , she frowned again . |
| 9 | Celia 's patience snapped when he poured her the second glass of retsina . |
| 10 | A lass in Low Newton hanged herself the second time I was in there . |
| 11 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
| 12 | But I still enjoyed it the second time . |
| 13 | But he almost always gave the defendant a second chance , and sent him a second summons to appear the following week . |
| 14 | I doubt he gave her a second thought , once he 'd pulled his trousers back on and ushered her into the first available taxi . |
| 15 | She passed several men , but none gave her a second glance . |
| 16 | I just ca n't see why the system gave him a second chance . |
| 17 | Selim shook hands again and gave him a second look . |
| 18 | At his christening his mother gave him a second forename , ‘ Arthur ’ , which he did not like and never used . |
| 19 | Nowadays , she probably never even gave him a second thought . |
| 20 | As a result , despite his good looks and affable personality , women scarcely gave him a second glance . |
| 21 | Charlie parted with a penny and was handed a bagful , but no one even gave him a second glance . |
| 22 | When she gave him the second half of S. Kettering 's rent , he put it in his pocket without counting it . |
| 23 | When he did it a second time , I put the light out . |
| 24 | When she did it the second time . |
| 25 | Death — she had so longed for it that she hardly gave it a second thought . |
| 26 | Naturally , nobody gave us a second look and I had the traffic lights co-ordinated by computer so that we stopped near you just as Sergeant Plod , with perfect timing , gave you an excuse to mace him . |
| 27 | Actually , nobody gave us a second look as they must have presumed I was trying to get inside her knickers . |
| 28 | ‘ It gave us a second pop at Morley Street , and he was stopping , ’ said Elsworth . |
| 29 | A year or two later , I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island . |