Example sentences of "[adv] the third time " in BNC.

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1 It was only the third time Huntworth has got round in his last 13 races under Rules , but those three completions have brought three wins .
2 It is only the fifth time in the post-war history of the tournament that this has happened , and only the third time there has been a First Division v Second Division clash in each semi-final .
3 For nominal Christians it is perhaps only the third time they have been at a religious service ; the other two being their baptism and marriage .
4 Well only the third time .
5 ‘ This is only the third time I 've met him . ’
6 Des Thompson , a specialist in animal heart disease , carried out the operation at his Earlswood surgery in Belmont Road , Belfast — only the third time he has fitted a pacemaker .
7 Incredibly , this is only the third time the ‘ Amateur ’ has been in Ireland , and the championship was first played in 1885 .
8 Nevertheless , the ECA report noted that in 1989 food production in Africa had actually grown faster than population , for only the third time in 20 years ( 3.4 per cent , against population growth of 3.2 per cent ) , and that food imports had fallen by 12 per cent .
9 Last year 's unstoppable strikeforce of Mark Hateley and Ally McCoist will team up for only the third time this season , Hateley with a ten goal start on his partner .
10 The famine simply must end today if Koppelaar 's team are to hold down a crucial fourth slot in Pool A which would keep alive their chances of reaching hockey 's premier event for only the third time .
11 That was only the third time it had happened in New Zealand .
12 Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar Station , said he believed it was only the third time a crew at the station had received a medal in the 190 years since the Zetland was first launched from Redcar .
13 He knows that if he fails the first time , he 'll win the second time , if not the third time .
14 ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 )
15 His games connection that year was more than just a marketing one ; it was also the third time he had been chosen for the Scotland team as a pole-vaulter .
16 And then he talked to his family , and then the third time I asked him again , and he still said it was okay , and so we did it .
17 ‘ I still do n't think you should have charged them , ’ Ellie repeated , for at least the third time .
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