Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the second time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | PETER Shreeves was sacked by Spurs for the second time in six years yesterday . |
2 | The Beazer Homes League visitors have displayed a knack this season of stealing last-gasp cup match goals , and it was another 89th minute affair which helped check Cornard for the second time in two months . |
3 | Others are less clear without some explanation : an attacker was known as ‘ the Bizarre Beast ’ because of the strange clothing he wore , which included a gas mask and a dress ( Star ) ; however , no explanation was needed why a sex fiend who struck near a university for the second time in four days was known as ‘ The Balaclava Rapist ’ ( Sun ) . |
4 | If the women really are changing the parturition rules for the second time in ten years , it is probably more to keep the men on the hop than anything else — just as black people keep changing the name you are allowed to call them in order to keep whitey on his toes . |
5 | Benazir Bhutto has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan for the second time after a decisive victory in the country 's parliament over her greatest rival , the Muslim League leader , Nawa Shariff . |
6 | PAUL ELLIOTT , Chelsea centre-back , has injured cruciate knee ligaments for the second time in his career . |
7 | Or the actor who stumbles over his words for the second time at a rehearsal . |
8 | Personnel of the Operation Life-Line Sudan programme had on March 31 been forced by fighting to leave Bor for the second time in two weeks , although some 6,000 malnourished children were being fed from that distribution point . |
9 | FOUR-year-old Lucy Gill saved her epileptic dad Liam for the second time in two weeks by dialling 999 when he fell at their West Bromwich home . |
10 | But when parliament met later in the day to summon Congress formally , Mr Khasbulatov for the second time in three days stepped back from delivering the final stroke . |
11 | The seventy five year old bachelor had finally got his girl at the second time of asking years He 'd waited half a century for this kiss with his new bride Rose , and he still could n't believe his luck . |
12 | A MANCHESTER United starlet of the 1980s is plotting the downfall of Prescot for the second time in seven days . |
13 | And Port Vale are set to take around 22,000 fans to the twin towers for the second time in a week . |
14 | AMATEUR drama lovers have vowed the show will go on despite being bombed out of the venue for their drama finals for the second time in two days . |
15 | In fact the Eliots travelled across the Atlantic for the second time in October ; when he stopped at Chicago to give a reading on his way to St Louis , a reporter noted that he " looked rather tired and smiled in a vague , undirected way " . |
16 | Derbyshire opener Barnett carried his bat for the second time in his career with 108 in 227 minutes against Glamorgan at Derby — over half the final total in a 191-defeat . |
17 | Derbyshire opener Barnett carried his bat for the second time in his career with 108 in 227 minutes against Glamorgan at Derby — over half the final total in a 191-defeat . |
18 | Having been frustrated in her 1988 cruise to Scandinavia , Islander headed north-east once more last summer and this time succeeded in passing through the Limfjord , sailing down the Kattegat and up into the Baltic as far as Stockholm before retracing her steps to visit Copenhagen for the second time on this voyage . |
19 | With the federal government under increasing strain , Yugoslavia devalued the dinar for the second time in four months , this time by 31% . |
20 | He had just won the competitive Cambridgeshire Handicap for the second time in three years . |
21 | In September the Ivoirien government cut the price it paid cocoa farmers for the second time since July , to CFA200 per kilogramme ( £368 a tonne ) . |
22 | JULIE BOND enjoyed an extraordinary run of serving success to guide Woolwich Brixton to the Royal Bank National League title for the second time in three years . |
23 | CATRIONA Lambert dominated today 's final of the Scottish Women 's Championship to take the title for the second time in three years . |
24 | There was sympathy too for Floyd , who at 49 had the chance of becoming the oldest champion and now runner-up for the second time in three years . |
25 | On April 10 President Sam Nujoma reshuffled the Cabinet for the second time since independence in March 1990 [ see pp. 38087-88 for February 1991 changes ] . |
26 | I would wish warmly to join in congratulating the hon. Gentleman 's constituent on his 80th birthday , particularly as , next month , the income support premium for the over-80s will be raised in real terms for the second time in three years . |
27 | And I was eating steak for the second time in less than fifteen hours . |
28 | Q For the second time in two months , my four-month-old daughter 's head and neck have become ‘ stuck ’ on one side , making her look awkward and uncomfortable . |
29 | Simon Brain broke his leg for the second time in the welsh cup on wednesday and is out for the rest of the season … local youngster Paul Eversham will be given a chance to prove himself … |
30 | Oxfordshire side Bicester are already on their way to Twickenham for the second time in two years . |