Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the second [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was going to the cinema for the second time that week , with his beautiful lady , his Sweetheart , who looked and smelt and sometimes spoke like the real-life star of a Hollywood movie . |
| 2 | She got as far as the other side of the wide bed before being dragged back and pinned beneath fitzAlan 's forceful weight for the second time that night . |
| 3 | There is no such ring in the Reeve 's Tale , but it is hard not to notice that the motif seems to have been displaced and taken over by Absolon as he approaches Alison 's window for the second time that night , in order to deceive her : A sure example of intertextual inference is found in John 's use of the cradle trick ; he envies Alayn 's success with Malyne , and decides he will " " arise and auntre [ chance ] it " " himself . |
| 4 | Greece embarked on a fortnight of party negotiations following the failure of the two main parties to secure a clear majority in national balloting for the second time this year . |
| 5 | The ref opted for red and Wassall made an early departure for the second time this season . |
| 6 | She was beside herself , shouting at the top of her voice for the second time that day . |
| 7 | When we make love for the second time this throbbing afternoon it is like lingering over liqueurs by a log fire . |
| 8 | Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear has been charged by the FA with misconduct for the second time this year . |
| 9 | And it was opener Metcalfe who got the chop for the second time this season after a run of indifferent form . |