Example sentences of "the [noun pl] a second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early on that morning that very same morning in October 1913 , anyone walking or motoring down Westfield Drive , Boston , Massachusetts , would never have given any of the houses a second glance , so ordinary were they , and none more so than number 1015 , a clapboard house like all the others in the street , only one which was in even more urgent need of repainting than most of its neighbours . |
| 2 | By reflecting the light , the tapetum gives the rods a second change to absorb the rays . |
| 3 | They were then asked to listen to the voices a second time and say whether each was " black , white or other " , giving a confidence rating . |
| 4 | Frau Nordern did not give the lorries a second glance but dived down a side-street into a rather agreeable square . |
| 5 | She impaled it through the ribs a second time and the point took and held , and this time when she jerked the Scarag to the side it came with her , clutching at the killing wood . |
| 6 | Arrest and imprisonment would be the ultimate and tragic irony for Rod Jones , a man whose aims in Romania are simple : ‘ All I want to do is give the children a second chance . ’ |
| 7 | The collection is certainly an asset to any University , and many will now give the walls a second glance as they rush on to lectures and seminars . |