Example sentences of "[pron] for [art] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the sold them for a third profit so what did he sell them for ? |
| 2 | In his turn , Tran Van Hieu knelt to perform the same silent acts of obeisance as the older man , but after prostrating himself for the third time , he remained on his knees and to his children 's surprise began to pray aloud . |
| 3 | So , ‘ Goodnight , Ven , ’ she bade him for a third time , only this time she stretched up to him and touched her lips to his cheek . |
| 4 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 5 | After it had trapped him for the third time , he ordered all the cages to be thrown into the sea . |
| 6 | But he pledged last night that he would still be leading the team for tomorrow 's League game at Darlington even if Flashman does sack him for the third time in a year . |
| 7 | She lived in a dream of love from the moment that he had bowed over her hand when she had been introduced to him by Daisy Warwick at Warwick Castle , and murmured , ‘ Not an American Princess , surely , but a true one , ’ and later that evening , dancing with her for the third time , he had said into her ear , ‘ And can a princess stoop to a mere marquess ? ’ |
| 8 | The Bill was then printed with the Committee 's revisions , and considered by a Committee of the whole House on 13th July , who sent it for a Third Reading . |
| 9 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |