Sentence examples for for a second thing from inspiring English sources

Then he asked for a second thing: he wanted my parents to write to his parents, saying that they had met Deborah and that they thought highly of her.

For a second thing, parties to an ontological dispute will often disagree over the existential entailments of a theory (see §2.2 below).

For a second thing, he could make a lot of money.

So when he appears in "We Are Men," even as the lecherous, multiple-divorced older dude anchoring the show's quartet of guys who are rediscovering the pleasure of the single life, you think, for a second, things might be OK.

For a fourth thing, his bumptious conduct then and on other occasions, such as the shoe‐banging at the United Nations, embarrassed some of his associates who felt that more dignity befitted the leader of a great superpower.

When thou hast done a good act and another has received it, why dost thou look for a third thing besides these, as fools do, either to have the reputation of having done a good act or to obtain a return?

For a third thing, he was afraid of what would happen to him if he left.

A cube, for example, is a seventh thing in addition to its six sides; but we do not want to say that God is a fourth thing in addition to its three parts.

Sure, she's bullied by everyone on the staff, and sure, that whole marrying-William-for-a-hot-second thing was awkward.

This is not to suggest for a second that things should remain the same.

In stark contrast to the fate of Portsmouth, who have entered administration for a second time, things appear to have turned round for the 26-year-old Liverpool lad.