Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [art] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither bore much fruit ; nor did a third near Basrah in December . |
| 2 | Further evidence in support of this comes from studies that introduced a third term , in the form of a nonsense word , in contrast to more and less . |
| 3 | Glentoran 's Neil Candlish , looking like his old explosive self , hit two in eight minutes and made a third for Damien Kelly with a superb cross , as the Glens swept into a three goal interval lead . |
| 4 | This behaved in the same way as the first unit , so I took this one back and got a third … |
| 5 | James Brown when receiving our first album ‘ Box Frenzy ’ — ‘ I was expecting the first Clash album and got the third Sham 69 album ’ — which we thought was a bit of a compliment . |
| 6 | President Bush explained on Wednesday that he decided to send in thousands of marines to capture General Noriega and restore democracy in Panama , after forces under Noriega 's command killed one unarmed US serviceman , wounded another , arrested and assaulted a third and brutally interrogated his wife , threatening her with sexual abuse . |
| 7 | Katherine heard the voices fade and lifted the third letter . |
| 8 | Manville had pruned Hayman 's original shortlist of five to just two names , and added a third of his own choosing from the original dossier . |
| 9 | But Derby kept up their hundred percent home record and added a third goal with thunderous free kick . |
| 10 | Then Gannon struck in the 81st minute and added the third with a penalty after Exeter 's Kevin Miller was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 89th minute . |
| 11 | Captain Howell , a midfielder from nearby Worthing , put the home side ahead with a superb dipping volley from the edge of the box and scored the third in injury time . |
| 12 | During the year , GTI added surface mount products for the mobile communications market as well as ISDN devices to its range of offerings , and opened a third manufacturing facility in China . |
| 13 | The credit , under the Fund 's structural adjustment facility ( SAF ) , was in support of the country 's economic reform programme and constituted the third , and final , instalment of a three-year SAF credit equivalent to SDR20,510,000 approved in 1989 . |
| 14 | They continued to do some work in this area and developed a third expert system for another circuit board in exactly the same way . |
| 15 | On July 10 the President then dissolved the entire transitional government for the second time and named a third adminstration which excluded Mohamed Taki on July 16 [ for earlier administrations see pp. 38706-07 ; 38902 ] . |
| 16 | Then he went and brought the third sister , but she was clever and wily . |
| 17 | Rincewind caught the thrust by sheer luck , jerked his hand away in shock , deflected the second stroke by coincidence , and took the third one through his robe at heart-height . |
| 18 | The system of marriage which the Polynesians actually practised was , Morgan , and therefore Engels , believed , more advanced or , in other words , more restrictive , and represented the third stage in the evolution of marriage . |
| 19 | He switched off the engine then reached into his pocket for his cigarettes and lit the third one since leaving the Windorah . |
| 20 | A Mr Ashton had given evidence to the Inquiry and quoted a third party , who appeared to criticise its works . |
| 21 | Only when Chuck reloaded and shot a third time did the animal slowly crumple to the ground and roll onto its side , leaving one great horn curving majestically upward above the tall grass . |
| 22 | Nicola took a run at the slope and gained a third of it before dropping nearly to all fours to grab at little ridges and tufts of grass . |
| 23 | ‘ Thought you 'd never stop gassing , ’ growled Billy and downed a third of his pint in one swallow . |
| 24 | Last Saturday , however , Brentford won at Peterborough and clinched the Third Division championship . |