Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] a second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I doubted not that they were law officers , but did not linger for a second look , being already at the casement windows into the side garden . |
| 2 | In fact , it appears to have been due less to a plot than to a calculation that she could not win in a second ballot . |
| 3 | It makes you feel like a second class citizen to be disabled . |
| 4 | Mosley revolted over the wrong crisis , for he failed to see that considerable social and economic reform would result from a Second World War , a conflagration which he bitterly opposed and which led to his internment in 1940 . |
| 5 | ‘ Makes your blood run cold to think what small boys will do without a second thought . ’ |
| 6 | If you should divorce for a second time , you can claim on your second husband 's contribution record only . |
| 7 | We expect to raise many thousands of pounds and are hoping it will run into a second edition and provide the ACA with money well into the future . ’ |
| 8 | But I know I would n't stop with a second opinion . |
| 9 | This association means that primary gastric MALT lymphoma can develop as a second neoplasm or that other neoplasms can occur in both treated and untreated patients with gastric lymphoma . |
| 10 | I have always argued that although the committee of the regions is not in itself Europe of the regions , it could be an important stepping stone on that road and could , eventually , develop into a second chamber to the European Parliament . |
| 11 | Or you can enter into a second Deed of Covenant committing yourself to make payments under both the existing and new covenants . |
| 12 | Another , compiled in June , stated that no one believed any longer in an early end to the war in Russia , and that soldiers on leave had said they would not go through a second winter there . |
| 13 | Well we could 've got a second hand one , but I mean what I 'll pay for a second hand one we might as well get |
| 14 | With Aquino adamant that she would not stand for a second term , the jostling for position amongst those ambitious to succeed her intensified in late 1990 and early 1991 . |
| 15 | Waldheim , who had been barred from entering the USA [ see p. 35528 ] and shunned by European governments , had announced in June 1991 that he would not stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 16 | One reason for having that meeting is to reform the institutions so that they can cope with a second wave of new members , this time from Eastern Europe . |
| 17 | It could lead to a second defeat . |
| 18 | It can only be hoped that , should the book go to a second edition , the publishers will make time to consult properly and correct the errors . |
| 19 | If you do go to a second investment advisor and John may well advise to do so . |
| 20 | This would allow for a second phase of gas generation and migration . |
| 21 | The red was sharp and thin but drinkable , though one would not care for a second glass . |
| 22 | It 's a good , well-made , sturdy one ( a Mothercare Taxi ) , so it should last for a second child and it 's easy to fold down with one hand . |
| 23 | There is the grudging recognition that , as it stands today , the House of Lords is an indefensible anachronism and that only limited legitimacy ( and therefore power ) can attach to a second chamber whose membership is largely based on heredity and which has an overwhelming and permanent majority for the Conservative Party . |
| 24 | Mrs Thatcher expressed confidence that she would win and declared again , as she had at the outset , that even if she did not win outright she would continue to a second ballot no matter how narrow the margin of her majority over Heseltine . |
| 25 | Put it instead at the back of a base cabinet or high up on a wall cabinet , or in the space , if there is one , between wall cabinets and ceiling which you can always turn into a second tier of cabinets by adding fronts to match your other units . |