Example sentences of "have second " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yanto was also having second thoughts about getting into a fight over such a silly incident , and realised it was caused as much by jealousy as anything else . |
| 32 | At each mealtime eat enough to satisfy your appetite , even if it means having second helpings of vegetables . |
| 33 | 24 April : The Sun seems to be having second thoughts about Ken Livingstone : ‘ If the Labour Party had been led by John Smith over the last nine years , perhaps it would have been in power today , ’ says an editorial . |
| 34 | The relatively puny father-of-three could have been forgiven for having second thoughts when he was picked . |
| 35 | Thomas paused , as if having second thoughts , then said , ‘ I do n't know what the fuck you 're doing down there , I do n't know what 's going on , and I do n't really know why I 'm offering this , but I could probably get you a gun , if you 'd feel — I do n't know — safer , or whatever . ’ |
| 36 | The Doctor frowned as if having second thoughts , then stepped aside as promised . |
| 37 | MAURICE : I 'm glad you 're having second thoughts , Aunt , whatever the reason . |
| 38 | ‘ I would n't like to say that such an idea has never occurred to him , but , if it has , I suspect he is having second thoughts . |
| 39 | This is by no means the end of the matter , because the Council still intends to pursue its objectives by other means , but it certainly seems to indicate that it may be having second thoughts about the project 's viability and/or its acceptability . |
| 40 | Parents are now having second thoughts : ‘ I 've heard people saying they would n't have chosen to put their children in school , but their friends were going for it and they were afraid they would miss out , ’ she said . |
| 41 | She was visibly having second thoughts about the whole project . |
| 42 | " Having second thoughts , are you ? " |
| 43 | I do n't know why I think maybe the , the tablets helped , but erm I was saying I was kind of having second thoughts whether I was wanting to go on the H R T or |
| 44 | I was the new boy at the office , he the old hand wondering what to make of me ; but if he was having second thoughts he dismissed them in a sudden grin . |
| 45 | ‘ Maybe you 're having second thoughts ? |
| 46 | I 've never felt hostility like that before , there was violence everywhere , I could smell it like something crawling out of the ground , it was like having second sight , the sense that something terrible was going to happen and there was nothing you could do to stop it . |
| 47 | You knew before you shut your door in my face last night that I was having second thoughts ! ’ |
| 48 | Wantonly she twisted her arms around his neck , revelling in the great shudder of desire she felt in response , but with surprise she quickly became aware that he was holding back , almost as if he was having second thoughts . |
| 49 | ‘ Having second thoughts on what you missed out on last night ? ’ she sneered . |
| 50 | But the developmentalists , too , were having second thoughts . |
| 51 | But surely even having second thoughts about marriage was n't enough to prompt that kind of reaction , particularly as Isabelle must have known she was expecting Fabien 's child . |
| 52 | But a number of councillors are now having second thoughts . |
| 53 | ‘ Are you telling me you 're having second thoughts ? |
| 54 | There is a question of a leader having second thoughts about the war . |
| 55 | Not surprisingly I 'm having second thoughts — ’ |
| 56 | Now then , I like the new look — ’ Sarella had had her hair cropped ‘ — and was thinking of putting you in for the ingénue , but I 'm having second thoughts . ’ |
| 57 | Are you having second thoughts about having it , dear ? |
| 58 | In one way they should do something about people having second homes and make it more , that they get more tax out of them or something |
| 59 | He believes that talk of the so-called ‘ post-industrial society ’ is raising some unnecessary fears that may be causing some talented managers to have second thoughts about aspiring to a top job . |
| 60 | Such incidents might have caused Sir Bernard to have second thoughts about the system ; but he defends it with passion . |