Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [art] third time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I retire to the toilets for the third time in the space of ten minutes . |
| 2 | ‘ Watch me , Graham , ’ I insisted , as I tried the move for the third time . |
| 3 | He stuffs everything back in the rucksack for the third time . |
| 4 | I had to reverse , climb up to retrieve the runner and cross the wall for a third time . |
| 5 | Mansell won five times and was second in the Championship for the third time in his career . |
| 6 | THERE is not better way to underline the problems of distance and climate that are a unique hallmark of the game in Canada than … talking to Canadian RU executive director John Billingsley who mentioned his Ottawa lawn had been deep in snow for more than three months — in Vancouver I was about to bring out the mower for the third time in a garden bright with spring blossoms . |
| 7 | The election result improved the presidential chances of Kim Dae Jung , and seemed to make it certain that he would contest the presidency for a third time , having been defeated in 1971 and 1987 . |
| 8 | A surge of elation rushed through his body as he read the note for the third time , unable to believe the implications of what he was reading . |
| 9 | He said he forgot to put in his letter that your hero , Steve Donaghue , won the Derby for the third time last year but you probably knew that ages ago . |
| 10 | Steve continued with us in One until the following March , when he crossed the Atlantic to play for Vancouver Whitecaps for a couple of seasons , but he joined the Palace for a third time in the summer 1981 as our Youth Coach and was then appointed Manager in mid-November , charged with keeping the side in Division Two , following relegation from Division One . |
| 11 | Coming back round by the house for the third time , she got quite above herself , and the bike began to wobble alarmingly as she fought to control it . |
| 12 | The Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill , which affects my constituency and is returning to the House for the third time , now has an EIS which has been published and is freely available to the hon. Members in the Vote Office . |