Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] a second " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Welshman kicked the ball away and referee Dangaard dismissed him for a second bookable offence . |
| 2 | Thus midday discovered me with a second scotch in my hand , a Pakki nightie round my waist , and a half-naked sex-stewardess straddling my thighs . |
| 3 | The trial of Marion Barry , 54 , Mayor of Washington DC , ended on Aug. 10 when , after eight days of deliberation , the jury convicted him on one count of possessing cocaine but acquitted him on a second charge of possession . |
| 4 | He was promoted warrant officer in the RNAS and then , in 1918 , the Royal Flying Corps commissioned him as a second lieutenant . |
| 5 | That his clothes hugged him like a second skin , hiding nothing . |
| 6 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 7 | I commandeered it without a second thought . ’ |
| 8 | Every mouthful made me heave , but I forced it down and chased it with a second one bought by Malc . |