Example sentences of "[verb] the third [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Tell him the sun-god promised that you would be the wisest of men , " whispered the third goblin . |
| 2 | The chief innovation is allowing the third umpire to make the first move in decision-making , which the TCCB admits could lead to : ‘ Suspension of a decision already made ’ . |
| 3 | As they passed the third cave , the golden bee flew out of the woman 's sleeve , and they saw the lightning flash and heard the thunder crack behind them . |
| 4 | The Maronite Christian parties boycotted the third round , as they had the previous two rounds . |
| 5 | Third , and most important , the quinte part in the ballet is not playable by a late 17th-century oboe band : it lies too high for the bassoon and too low for the taille de hautbois , the tenor oboe that plays the third line . |
| 6 | For years , Karl Dersch has flown the Third Reich emblem at his Munich home . |
| 7 | In putting this case we should first recollect the third pillar in Dicey 's concept of the rule of law . |
| 8 | Finally , using the third kind of pager , known as an alphanumeric pager , a message can be spelled out in words on the screen . |
| 9 | Equally predictably , given the third party payment problem , the cost of those publicly funded has come close to running out of control . |
| 10 | Soviet spokesmen expected the Third World states to form a strong constituency of support for Brezhnev 's plan and they chose their arguments accordingly . |
| 11 | Clasper and the conspirators timed the third offence to coincide with the visit to the UK of the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Motors , Nate Cocello , as this would provide maximum publicity to the planned strike . |
| 12 | You were looking at the beetle world in such a way as to be able to see the third dimension . |
| 13 | Bill read the Third time , and passed . |
| 14 | Bill read the Third time , and passed . |
| 15 | Second , if this is true , can capitalism develop the Third World ? |
| 16 | Dependency theorists , therefore , were still trying to answer the question that had troubled Marxists since the turn of the century , namely ‘ can capitalism develop the Third World ? ’ |
| 17 | Mike Moore became Prime Minister of New Zealand on Sept. 4 , after being elected leader of the ruling Labour Party ; he became the third person to hold the post in the space of 13 months . |
| 18 | He was divorced in 1947 by Margaret Whigham , who subsequently became the third wife of the 11th Duke of Argyll . |
| 19 | After Ireland and Luxembourg , Greece thus became the third member country to approve the treaty . |
| 20 | On January 20th Harry Moniba became the third man to lay claim to the presidency . |
| 21 | That came after Liverpool 's frustration bubbled to the surface when Mike Marsh became the third Anfield star to receive a red card in four European Cup Winners Cup matches this season . |
| 22 | Mike Marsh became the third Anfield star to be shown the red card in successive European Cup Winners ' Cup matches when he was sent off in the closing stages of the defeat against Spartak Moscow on Wednesday . |
| 23 | Thomas Jefferson became the third president in 1801 despite published accusations of his seducing two married women and keeping a slave mistress . |
| 24 | EDINBURGH star Richard Corsie became the third Scot to reach the quarter-finals of the £140,000 Midland Bank world indoor championships yesterday , following in the wake of Graham Robertson and Jimmy McCann . |
| 25 | STEVE BRUCE became the third player to leave Manchester United 's tour of Norway when he flew home yesterday because of an accident to his seven-year-old son Alex . |
| 26 | En route to Vancouver to start a series of Alaska cruises , Crown Princess became the third Princess Cruises ship to hold the record , paying USS 141,344.97 . |
| 27 | Mr Heath moved into Number Ten , Sir Keith Joseph succeeded Dick Crossman at the Department of Health and Social Security ( as Crossman had succeeded Joseph at Housing and Local Government in 1964 ) , and Mrs Thatcher became the third woman since 1944 to assume responsibility for education . |
| 28 | The 36-year-old Tynesider stepped up to the manager 's chair after Frank Gray became the third North-East football boss to lose his job since Christmas . |
| 29 | FRANK Gray became the third North-East managerial casualty since Christmas when he was sacked by Darlington yesterday . |
| 30 | Gould was sacked after a stormy 14 months following Albion 's failure to at least make the Third Division promotion play-offs . |