Example sentences of "[vb infin] a second time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The normally small scabious scabiosa columbaria flowers in July and August , but if we have a wet spell now after a dry summer , then it could well flower a second time . |
| 2 | ‘ We were very alarmed when Sean told us that they needed to look at you again , and you did n't ring a second time … so we were afraid … . ’ |
| 3 | She stopped singing when he knocked on the door , but he had to wait and knock a second time before she invited him in . |
| 4 | ‘ Consumers do not confuse the availability of good physical facilities with good quality ; such facilities may tempt a consumer to choose a particular shop , but it is the quality of the staff which will determine whether the consumer will buy or return a second time . ’ |
| 5 | The mountain before them was the birthplace of mankind ; and he referred the ladies , while excusing himself with an ingratiating laugh for mentioning an indelicate subject , to the authority of Our Saviour 's words to Nicodemus , where it is stated that a man can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born once more . |
| 6 | He can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born , can he ? |
| 7 | With him Chopin 's music leaves its earthly moorings far behind ; as one writer put it ‘ when Cortot is no more Chopin will die a second time . ’ |