Example sentences of "[vb past] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Maronite Christian parties boycotted the third round , as they had the previous two rounds . |
| 4 | Soviet spokesmen expected the Third World states to form a strong constituency of support for Brezhnev 's plan and they chose their arguments accordingly . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Bill read the Third time , and passed . |
| 7 | Bill read the Third time , and passed . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was divorced in 1947 by Margaret Whigham , who subsequently became the third wife of the 11th Duke of Argyll . |
| 10 | After Ireland and Luxembourg , Greece thus became the third member country to approve the treaty . |
| 11 | On January 20th Harry Moniba became the third man to lay claim to the presidency . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Thomas Jefferson became the third president in 1801 despite published accusations of his seducing two married women and keeping a slave mistress . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | FRANK Gray became the third North-East managerial casualty since Christmas when he was sacked by Darlington yesterday . |
| 21 | That was until the 89th minute when yet another set-piece produced the third goal . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | McArty led the third campaign against the Iguanoids in the Koftan war . ’ |
| 24 | Returning to the questions we posed at the outset of this enquiry , we would , therefore , have to conclude that anti-Semitism , despite its pivotal place in Hitler 's ‘ world view ’ , was of only secondary importance in cementing the bonds between Führer and people which provided the Third Reich with its popular legitimation and base of plebiscitary acclamation . |
| 25 | Distribution centres were still quiet as Sarajevo 's 380,000 residents entered the third day of what city authorities have described as a hunger strike in solidarity with the hungry and diseased trapped in eastern Bosnia . |
| 26 | I had a flashback on Saturday listening to the build up to the Newcastle-scum game when the commentator described the third goal ( I think ) of the scum 's against Sheff . |
| 27 | John Smeaton [ q.v. ] expressed the greatest admiration for Rudyerd 's work , which greatly benefited him when he built the third Eddystone light . |
| 28 | Mykerinus , who built the third pyramid at Giza , is seen with the beautiful goddess Hathor , the goddess of dance , music and love . |
| 29 | It was an electrifying race , made more so as the runners approached the third stage . |
| 30 | Su'a received the third lbw of the match to which one could raise an eyebrow — this one was coming across him from a suspiciously sharp angle as DeFreitas bowled round the wicket and wide out . |