Example sentences of "[vb past] for a second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked for a second helping of spinach . |
| 2 | Next Brook asked for a second volunteer . |
| 3 | She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan . |
| 4 | Two days passed , and on Sunday , 16 December , the schooner tried for a second time to get to Fort Davey but was forced back . |
| 5 | Gorbachev returned for a second visit on Nov. 18-21 , 1988 , accompanied by the Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , and the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers , Vladimir Kamentsev . |
| 6 | ‘ However , I went for a second opinion , and I was put on a scan . |
| 7 | When Israel was in exile in Babylon the nation looked for a second exodus ( Isaiah 51:9–11 ) . |
| 8 | The issue of the transformation to political pluralism was regarded as the main obstacle to progress in the peace talks between the government and the Mozambique National Resistance ( Renamo or MNR ) , which resumed for a second round in Rome on Aug. 14 . |
| 9 | However , the Communists , who emerged for a second time as power broker despite their loss of seven seats in parliament , has made it clear that they will not collaborate with the Pasok leader whom they indicted for alleged wrongdoing during the interim left-right coalition government of Mr Tzannis Tzannetakis . |
| 10 | ‘ Sure ? ’ she said for a second time . |
| 11 | MR Ladislav Adamec , the Czechoslovak Prime Minister , threatened to quit last night , as hard bargaining continued for a second day with the opposition over the shape of the new government . |
| 12 | He married for a second time about 1660 Sarah Winnock , a widow with three sons and a daughter . |
| 13 | Washington 's key economic gauge faltered for a second month in September . |