Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [art] second time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he has called on British Rail for a second time to step up safety and end the easy access to the East Coast main line . |
| 2 | And now he had her on the hook for the second time . |
| 3 | Martin Birchall has picked up the Photographer of the Year award for the second time . |
| 4 | When the elder Civizade , by now Rumeli kazasker for a second time , died in 954/1547 , the younger was given a pension of 45 akce a day . |
| 5 | ‘ He 'll mention the Echo as often as he possibly can , ’ Graham said dryly , and defiantly filled his glass with whisky for the second time . |
| 6 | Before the programme is finally adopted it has to be referred back to the European Parliament for a second time . |
| 7 | Newport Borough Council is close to withdrawing its Private Usk Barrage Bill from Parliament for a second time . |
| 8 | JULIE WALTERS ON THE HEARTBREAK OF FIGHTING HER DAUGHTER 'S LEUKAEMIA FOR A SECOND TIME |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | He was going to the cinema for the second time that week , with his beautiful lady , his Sweetheart , who looked and smelt and sometimes spoke like the real-life star of a Hollywood movie . |
| 11 | When Operation Gentle Shepherd swung into action for the second time , five of the six sperm whales were coaxed by 14 rescue vessels between the islands of Swona and South Ronaldsay and were heading for the Pentland Firth when they dived beneath the waves . |
| 12 | John Goold , a research student from the University of North Wales , said there had been a remarkable development when one of the whales broke away from the other five as they attempted to usher them out into the Pentland Firth for the second time . |
| 13 | One of the smallest village schools in the country has been spared from closure for a second time , but there 's a catch . |
| 14 | She got as far as the other side of the wide bed before being dragged back and pinned beneath fitzAlan 's forceful weight for the second time that night . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't remember a horse so far ahead in the Grand National at this stage ! ’ enthused commentator Julian Wilson on BBC television as Crisp came to Becher 's Brook for the second time , still looking uncatchable : galloping relentlessly and jumping brilliantly , he was thirty lengths clear and showed no signs of flagging . |
| 16 | Liz Boatman , who played professionally in the States before being reinstated as an amateur , captains the side for a second time and is delighted at the way the growth of the pro circuit has revitalised the amateur game . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | There is no such ring in the Reeve 's Tale , but it is hard not to notice that the motif seems to have been displaced and taken over by Absolon as he approaches Alison 's window for the second time that night , in order to deceive her : A sure example of intertextual inference is found in John 's use of the cradle trick ; he envies Alayn 's success with Malyne , and decides he will " " arise and auntre [ chance ] it " " himself . |
| 19 | Steve Foley has become Colchester 's caretaker-manager for a second time , Jock Wallace having been appointed a director last week — ‘ I will do all in my power to help the club , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Greece embarked on a fortnight of party negotiations following the failure of the two main parties to secure a clear majority in national balloting for the second time this year . |
| 21 | ( Note that " recreolisation " can also mean the development of a new Creole language from an existing one which has undergone pidginisation for a second time . |
| 22 | And he has written to Home Secretary Michael Howard demanding to know if plans for the category B inmate jail will be put on ice for a second time . |
| 23 | He has written to Home Secretary , Michael Howard , demanding to know if plans for the category B inmate jail will be put on ice for a second time . |
| 24 | A MANCHESTER United starlet of the 1980s is plotting the downfall of Prescot for the second time in seven days . |
| 25 | My hands were shaking as I got into the raft for the second time . |
| 26 | Rex threw down Laura 's weapon for the second time and stuck 'em up . |
| 27 | In general , there are many situations without a check in which enough of the energy of the returning hammer will be absorbed to prevent the hammer reaching the string for a second time , but not enough to stop the hammer bouncing up some way towards the string . |
| 28 | The new timetable prolonged the transition period for a second time [ see p. 38563 for first extension ] despite the government 's insistence in January that the transition would end on March 26 as planned [ see p. 38709 ] . |
| 29 | Well do n't squeeze your nose for the second time or it wo n't come that 's better that 's it . |
| 30 | Sir Derek Alun-Jones , Ferranti 's chairman , is expected to postpone the annual meeting for a second time so that revised accounts can be prepared to include the effect of the £185m International Signal and Control fraud . |