Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They wo n't catch me a second time .
2 If you dive after a surface interval of more than 10 minutes , the Solution will consider it a second dive , and dive time will start again from zero .
3 Could she survive it a second time ?
4 Do they give them a second thought ?
5 I did n't give them a second glance .
6 The men lounging beside the gate did n't even give them a second glance .
7 My movements up to this had been quite natural , and if I could continue to make her think I was unaware of her presence , she would possibly give me a second chance .
8 Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance .
9 The reality was that he could walk into any bar or restaurant anywhere in the world and no one would give him a second glance .
10 If he appeared in that door now , probably none of the girls here would give him a second glance : it 's all long hair and round shoulders now , is n't it , like yesterday 's flowers .
11 People got in and out of the lifts and did n't give him a second glance .
12 Butch Beausoleil could live here in the nude and no one would give her a second glance .
13 Secure in their mountain fortresses , the Dwarfs did n't give it a second thought .
14 Most women I know would n't even give it a second thought .
15 Recycling is better than disposal so before you throw anything away think how you could give it a second life .
16 I have recently been to a performance of Mr Handel 's Messiah and , would you believe it the Second West Yorkshire Yeomanry is to hold a Regimental Ball in the New Year , in the Exchange Buildings ! ’
17 I could n't face it a second time .
18 S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure .
19 One part of a sentence may indicate what the second part is likely to be .
20 So , of course , we were getting a little bit panicky cos what 's worrying me , and it still worries me again we 've put all this time and effort in they may pay us alright , we 've got this twenty , they may pay us a second payment , but are they gon na pay up on the third ?
21 Chamoun then attempted to capitalise upon his victory by contemplating a change in the constitution that would allow him a second term as president .
22 ‘ I did n't think you could get it a second time .
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