Example sentences of "for a second time " in BNC.
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| 1 | After arriving in office as Taoiseach for a second time in 1983 , he proceeded to collect opinions on such issues from various quarters . |
| 2 | The peasant then walks past the corpse for a second time and emerges to ask the same question . |
| 3 | Sir Derek Alun-Jones , Ferranti 's chairman , is expected to postpone the annual meeting for a second time so that revised accounts can be prepared to include the effect of the £185m International Signal and Control fraud . |
| 4 | However , the Communists , who emerged for a second time as power broker despite their loss of seven seats in parliament , has made it clear that they will not collaborate with the Pasok leader whom they indicted for alleged wrongdoing during the interim left-right coalition government of Mr Tzannis Tzannetakis . |
| 5 | Steve Foley has become Colchester 's caretaker-manager for a second time , Jock Wallace having been appointed a director last week — ‘ I will do all in my power to help the club , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Each night during a 6-month working season , 40,000–60,000 km ( about 30,000–45,000 miles ) of drift-net is set in the North Pacific Ocean - enough to encircle the planet and cross the Pacific for a second time . |
| 7 | American Telephone and Telegraph extended its $6.1 billion bid for NCR , an American computer maker , for a second time , to April 30th . |
| 8 | Making sense of God for a second time |
| 9 | Trying for a second time to get something out of Prince Bandar , he was told ‘ You can stop twisting my arm ’ or , in out-of-hearings language , ‘ Fuck it , stop pestering me . ’ |
| 10 | The Rothmans Honda team member broke his right leg in five places when he went down for a second time during the opening championship round on a wet Suzuka circuit . |
| 11 | Douglas chased the German back over Edinburgh again for a second time , so low that ‘ grannies ’ fell off chimneys and empty cartridge cases rained in back-gardens . |
| 12 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 13 | ‘ Forgetting your directions for a second time . |
| 14 | Many Arabs who lost their homes in what became the state of Israel and settled on the West Bank in 1948 became refugees for a second time during the Six Day War in 1967 . |
| 15 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 16 | The tasks of reconstruction were perceived as equally urgent in the period 1939–45 , even if the rhetoric of building a land fit for heroes could not be plausibly employed for a second time . |
| 17 | And as that line emitted from the speakers , several thousand Levi-clad youths walked towards their bedroom Dansettes in a state of disbelief , flipping the needle back a quarter of an inch , in order to catch the line for a second time . |
| 18 | And yet here I was , deep in trouble for a second time . |
| 19 | Elizabeth and Harry had been married for ten years , both for a second time . |
| 20 | If you should divorce for a second time , you can claim on your second husband 's contribution record only . |
| 21 | Resentful at Alexander and fearful that the King might beget am heir by his new queen and so lose for a second time the opportunity to advance the claims of his own house ? |
| 22 | She had hardly set out when the unwelcome attentions of a British privateer forced her back to Ostend and , at her second attempt , she was intercepted again , off Banff , but for a second time escaped . |
| 23 | It is bad enough to fail one 's driving test once ; to do so for a second time reinforces the sense of hopelessness in the learner 's mind — he now has twice as many failures to build upon — so that he uses his ability to visualize in an even more negative fashion . |
| 24 | They agree that the States beckon for a second time but Melanie says : ‘ It 's very difficult because America 's so segregated , and it 's horrifying to see how much prejudice there is , really . |
| 25 | The Ulsterman has decided to remain faithful to 1991 Champion hero Morley Street , as Toby Balding 's eight-year-old clashes with Granville Again for a second time this season . |
| 26 | For a second time , the County Council had neglected its statutory dudes regarding planning permission ’ . |
| 27 | The latter commented on the air raid and that he never expected to see soldiers guarding the tunnel , especially inside the tunnel for a second time , it having been guarded during World War I. The foreman told him that three soldiers had been killed near the spot that Mr Myer had been in the recess the previous night , they had apparently been run down by a train just inside the tunnel mouth . |
| 28 | JULIE WALTERS ON THE HEARTBREAK OF FIGHTING HER DAUGHTER 'S LEUKAEMIA FOR A SECOND TIME |
| 29 | Paula weds star for a second time |
| 30 | He has grown-up children from that , and is now happily married for a second time with a young son , Jamie . |