Example sentences of "[vb past] in the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this small group of tales he first described in the third person how a murder had happened and then in the voice of his " Watson " narrated the activities of his sleuth , Dr Thorndyke , the scientist , in bringing the murderer to book . |
| 2 | He will also know that manufacturing investment actually rose in the third quarter of last year . |
| 3 | Resolved , That this House welcomes Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 's Autumn Statement , which reaffirmed the Government 's forecast of a modest recovery in the second half of 1991 , with growth gathering pace in 1992 ; notes that the total output of the British economy rose in the third quarter of 1991 , providing further confirmation of this forecast ; and congratulates the Government on its sound and prudent economic policies , which have reduced inflation from nearly 11 per cent . |
| 4 | Neil Musgrove and Richard Williams , now in tight control of midfield , both went close before Musgrove , from the edge of the penalty area , slammed in the third . |
| 5 | It would be impossible for the affluent to live in peace if conflict after conflict exploded in the third world . |
| 6 | Two of them came in the third round . |
| 7 | Croydon 's turn came in the third stage on the night of Saturday 7 April 1951 . |
| 8 | The Nationalist denouement came in the third week of April , and the Republican at the beginning of May , in a week of violent confrontation between communists and anarchists in Barcelona . |
| 9 | Hall threw in the third crate for a Quinn goal that was disallowed . |
| 10 | The house move necessitated my moving school , to Brackenbury in Hammersmith where I began in the third year . |
| 11 | New pupils began in the third form , and III in Roman numerals showed in worn black lettering on the door ahead of him . |
| 12 | But Manetho , who lived in the third century BC , wrote in Greek and his work must be regarded as Hellenistic in character rather than Egyptian . |
| 13 | Then the grocer who lived in the third house shot himself . ’ |
| 14 | The Summerchilds lived in the third one along , with the peeling woodwork and the neglected grey rendering . |
| 15 | There was a Mr and Mrs , Stephen was and there was a Mr and Mrs , the caretakers , and they lived in the third floor of a flat there . |
| 16 | Sam recovered in the third set from 1–3 to lead 5–4 , but she was unable to close out the match against a tough opponent who rarely deviated from her game plan of staying back and slugging it out from the baseline . |
| 17 | Creed rode in the third car , flanked by two of the Corporation 's top directors , with Jed at the wheel in his new top hat . |
| 18 | The three-year period , for example , between the death of Eorpwald and the accession of Sigeberht , could signify that Sigeberht succeeded in the third year after Eorpwald 's assassination . |
| 19 | Erm , and I think it 's also perhaps right that we should note with pleasure the comment made in the third paragraph on the second page , about the work of Mr and Mr , er , I think that does rec er , give some recognition to erm , er the role that the archivist 's are playing in the wider community , and I think that is extremely er commendable and I think we should send our congratulations from this committee er , and our support for what they 're doing . |
| 20 | You 'll go wild , like you did in the third year with Sharon Latimer . |
| 21 | Of the 20 Best of Young British Novelists , however , I confess to having listed only Iain Banks , Kazuo Ishiguro ( both of whom appeared in the third edition ) and Jeanette Winterson , although I think there is scope too for Will Self , Nicholas Shakespeare and maybe Ben Okri . |
| 22 | Both powers know that the unappealing alternative is a return to the 1970s and 1980s , when America and Russia competed in the third world through warring clients . |
| 23 | While the majority of research students were holding SERC awards that ended in the third quarter of 1984 , just over one in ten had other end dates , as Table 6.1 shows . |