Example sentences of "give [pers pn] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they give them a second thought ? |
| 2 | I did n't give them a second glance . |
| 3 | The men lounging beside the gate did n't even give them a second glance . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | People got in and out of the lifts and did n't give him a second glance . |
| 9 | Butch Beausoleil could live here in the nude and no one would give her a second glance . |
| 10 | Secure in their mountain fortresses , the Dwarfs did n't give it a second thought . |
| 11 | Most women I know would n't even give it a second thought . |
| 12 | Recycling is better than disposal so before you throw anything away think how you could give it a second life . |
| 13 | And you are left in this condition during the operation , then at the end of the operation they give you a second injection that reverses the first one that paralysed you . |
| 14 | A magic fairy that would whisk her away from all this , she thought , who could turn the clock back and give her a second chance — a more dignified entrance perhaps , a way of showing this arrogant rat just what she thought of him . |
| 15 | Yesterday the 86-year-old writer of more than 80 books said from her home in Jesmond , Newcastle : ‘ I am amazed and humbled that the Queen has seen fit to give me a second honour . ’ |
| 16 | Eventually , in what would then have been interpreted as a generous gesture on the part of the Poor Law authorities , the wife was freed in order to give her a second chance to build up a home . |
| 17 | Luckily she appeared so insignificant with all the bags that no one bothered to give her a second glance . |
| 18 | It was , alas , only too derivative , but given its auteur 's antecedents everyone was prepared to give him a second chance . |
| 19 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 20 | So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience , |
| 21 | His hand hovered over the book as though to give it a second chance . |
| 22 | The image of God as a cosmic gambler can also be found in Brunain , where a simple peasant and his wife find God to be good doublere , " doubler " , giving them a second beast when they naively give their own cow to the priest who has told them that God repays gifts twofold . |
| 23 | Should the wielder attack and fail to score a hit , he may immediately re-roll the attack again , giving him a second chance to hit . |
| 24 | People strolled past without giving him a second look — couples hand in hand , families with pushchairs , groups of friends looking for a good spot to picnic . |
| 25 | Graham felt oddly satisfied at seeing life go on around him like this ; he felt almost smug at walking past people and them not giving him a second glance , at least not now he 'd got rid of Slater . |
| 26 | Fernand had completely vanished , giving her a second chance to escape , yet , almost without hesitation , she began to follow . |
| 27 | Giving her a second chance he having failed |
| 28 | As she yelled again he was buffeted by a shopper about some business as urgent as hers , and he turned as he was struck , giving her a second glimpse of him . |
| 29 | In any event , it is surely wrong , for the sake of a few weeks , to decide on the principle of the Bill by giving it a Second Reading while hon. Members still do not have the Stoner report . |
| 30 | It was a joke really , because if she was one of the male officers then she would not have given it a second thought . |