Sentence examples for one a second from inspiring English sources

It was a lot of bother, but we finally figured out that if a man, working twelve hours a day, had begun counting dollar bills at the rate of one a second back when Columbus landed on San Salvador, he ought to be getting through about now.

Albert Goldberg, The Times' chief critic at the time and an authority on pianists, chose not to give this one a second chance.

After dipping them all, dip each one a second time.

A spokesperson said the cinema chain was selling tickets at a rate of one a second.

After a moment, they see the first flashes far to the west: one, a second, a third.

The bloggers' website Technorati estimates that there are currently around 70,000 new blogs created around the world every day - little short of one a second.

I agree with Keith 100% on this one (a first).

The group is led by two players -- one a first-wave drummer, one a second-wave saxophonist -- who are most comfortable playing straight-ahead, aggressive hard bop of the 50's and 60's.

Vrana, Wilson and Connolly have their own stories of getting to 20 goals: one a second-year player coming into his own; another a physical force who's showing he has offensive chops, too; and the third continuing a career renaissance in Washington after being labeled a draft bust to start his career.

The outcome, therefore, was an obvious one: a first step.

Until the global financial crisis, the company had begun rearranging the place into its own Yiti, this one a second-home/resort city.