Example sentences of "for a second time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time . |
| 32 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 33 | An abacus uses human gall-stones on taut human sinew , the rocking horse has a semi-skeletal head , a set of wooden toy soldiers all have subtle mutations when looked at for a second time , and so on . |
| 34 | Straightening up for a second time , Anna thought Isobel looked more like a librarian than a deacon . |
| 35 | ‘ Sure ? ’ she said for a second time . |
| 36 | selves , ’ he observed as they approached the Tower for a second time . |
| 37 | However , his appearance had been that of an eighteen-year-old , which makes nonsense for a second time of the press claims that Lord Haw-Haw was as puny in appearance as he had been in his human sympathies . |
| 38 | Nineteen ( 31 per cent ) of these interviewees ( four females and 15 males ) used heroin for a second time less than one week after first use . |
| 39 | For a second time du Guesclin found himself a prisoner of the English , who routed his army . |
| 40 | Oxford was an active supporter of the Readeption of Henry VI in 1470/1 , and on Edward IV 's return the family lost their estates for a second time . |
| 41 | When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time . |
| 42 | After finishing second to Jackie Stewart the following year he was crowned " king " for a second time twelve months later . |
| 43 | Champion for a second time in 1983 , he teamed up with Nigel Mansell at Williams in 1986 and a year later was champion for the third time . |
| 44 | I am told that he has now been adjudicated bankrupt for a second time . |
| 45 | Certainly Gladstone 's view of society was less useful in 1880 when he returned to power for a second time , then , as Chamberlain reminded him , social legislation had become a parliamentary issue . |
| 46 | ‘ Dutch elm disease is a terrible thing , ’ said Mr Molesworth , corning round for a second time . |
| 47 | The St Louis turned round and headed north for a second time . |
| 48 | Liz Boatman , who played professionally in the States before being reinstated as an amateur , captains the side for a second time and is delighted at the way the growth of the pro circuit has revitalised the amateur game . |
| 49 | Before the programme is finally adopted it has to be referred back to the European Parliament for a second time . |
| 50 | In 1293 he was committed to the Tower for a second time , perhaps for misconduct in the service of Queen Eleanor , and only released for a second fine of 1,000 marks . |
| 51 | He married for a second time about 1660 Sarah Winnock , a widow with three sons and a daughter . |
| 52 | On his return in 680 he was deprived of his relics by Iurminburg , imprisoned for nine months by Ecgfrith , and then expelled for a second time from the kingdom . |
| 53 | By the time that Orchard made his last will in January 1504 he had married for a second time . |
| 54 | It was like some ghoulish rerun of Sunday afternoon , as if the same sequence in a film was being shot for a second time under a different director . |
| 55 | He met her eyes and for a second time ; she smiled her shy smile at him , but his swimming head filled it with invitations . |
| 56 | In general , there are many situations without a check in which enough of the energy of the returning hammer will be absorbed to prevent the hammer reaching the string for a second time , but not enough to stop the hammer bouncing up some way towards the string . |
| 57 | Newport Borough Council is close to withdrawing its Private Usk Barrage Bill from Parliament for a second time . |
| 58 | During the course of the meeting it became clear that the council is considering withdrawing the bill for a second time in the hope of being able to adopt a new parliamentary order-making procedure under the 1992 Transport and Public Works Act , which may come into force in the next parliamentary session . |
| 59 | On the accession of Bayezid II , Hocazade was appointed to the Sultan medrese in Bursa for a second time , with 100 akce a day , and was also appointed mufti of Bursa . |
| 60 | When the elder Civizade , by now Rumeli kazasker for a second time , died in 954/1547 , the younger was given a pension of 45 akce a day . |