Example sentences of "for the second time [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 They were awake before dawn and for the second time they heard the chorus begin as a trickle and grow swiftly to a torrent as the birds welcomed the great Trumpeter .
2 He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game .
3 Although the appeals came when Russia was not yet ready to advance , for the second time she went immediately and unhesitatingly to the aid of her allies .
4 For the second time she had burned her boats .
5 A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count .
6 As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs .
7 He did so by wandering the streets , and when for the second time he passed the food office where she worked , he knew what he was going to do .
8 For the second time he ignored an insult .
9 For the second time he should have said no , and for the second time he did n't .
10 For the second time he should have said no , and for the second time he did n't .
11 For the second time he made his way out of the pit , and the others followed .
12 He saw Madra fighting with her reins , hair wild ; then a face out of a nightmare lunged up at him , and for the second time he confronted the tusked maw of a grypesh .
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