Example sentences of "[pers pn] for the second " in BNC.
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1 | I did the business with my camera , now there was plenty of light with the barn doors open , and was in the process of replacing the tarpaulin when the alarm bells went off and scared the hell out of me for the second time in five minutes . |
2 | So Kenny Parker took over from me for the second half . |
3 | Having read both books for the first time , I really enjoyed them , but once I read them for the second time , I saw how little there really was to them . |
4 | And after the curtain call , when he was going upstairs to the extras ' dressing-room and had bumped into Mr Potter — she was n't talking at second-hand but had actually witnessed the scene — far from showing remorse he had confronted him as though he was going to head-butt him for the second time . |
5 | The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day . |
6 | Leo asked her for the second time . |
7 | Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day . |
8 | Given that ( i ) no other sources support this view ; ( ii ) the view is none the less generally reasonable ; ( iii ) evidence from Pomponius ( and perhaps also Julian ) seems to speak against it for the second century ; and ( iv ) a Justinianic interpolation seems unlikely , it seems most probable that the text represents the genuine view of Papinian . |
9 | When he took the stage to collect the award ( winning it for the second time following two years of Vivienne Westwood ) , Ozbek did n't stand a chance . |
10 | Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday . |
11 | Last season they won it for the second year in succession with some ease , and without their players being seriously extended . |
12 | Another part in the book that I did n't understand until I had read it for the second time was a bit right at the every end . |