Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] the third " in BNC.

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1 So Patrick had no use for Edward Balliol ; but , by aiding Edward the Third , almost certainly saw himself as in a position to displace the unsuccessful Balliol and himself take over as King of Scots , with English support .
2 The major success of the development of the Campos Basin has made Brazil the third largest oil producer in South America at some 25 million tonnes .
3 ‘ I 've always found Henry the Third 's reign confusing .
4 Between 1965 and 1967 the Direction Technique des Engins ( DTEn ) of the Ministry of Defence launched four Diamant A rockets ; one carried the satellite ( 26 November 1965 ) , dubbed Asterix — whose successful launch made France the third country to launch an artificial earth satellite .
5 The protector was crowned Richard the Third , King of England , at Westminster Abbey one week later , a document having been drawn up bastardizing Edward .
6 In a Christian society one can not avoid the memory of the cock that crowed to Simon Peter just as he denied Christ the third time .
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