Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] third [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liverpool went out in disgrace , Mike Marsh becoming their third player to be sent off in four Cup-Winners ' Cup ties this season as Spartak Moscow won a cold war at Anfield that also produced five bookings . |
| 2 | ‘ He watched her marry and divorce twice , before becoming her third husband , three years ago . |
| 3 | John Jarvis went on : ‘ Among those registered under the EAP are a family of four from Winsford who , if they proceed , will be purchasing their third Redrow home . |
| 4 | They took that into account when building their third house , in a small development off a country lane on the Highgate side of Kenwood , but stuck to their usual system of Geoffrey working out the designs with a lot of input from Elaine . |
| 5 | With the sad death of their bass player David Mankaba behind them , the band are promoting their third LP , Absolute Jit , and hope their colourful music can bring a ray of sunshine to Darlington . |
| 6 | Pat , 53 , is now writing her third book , High Wynd Fling , the last part in a trilogy of Darlington anecdotes and reminiscences . |
| 7 | The heir to the Blenheim Palace estate is now serving his third jail sentence , but unless the law is changed he will still inherit the title of Duke of Marlborough . |
| 8 | In the Incident Room DC Curnow was duty officer and Kersey , smoking his third cigarette of the morning , brooded over a stack of reports . |
| 9 | INSIDE Job is celebrating its third birthday by adding Poppy , Story Book , Animal Krackers , Jacada and Pepe Penaliver to its already extensive children 's range . |
| 10 | Dungannon put the lid on things with a double strike from centre John Gamble in the closing ten minutes , Blair adding his third conversion . |
| 11 | But for now he is as immovable as England hero Robin Smith , who blasted Graham Gooch 's men to a quickfire success , clinching his third Man of the Match award as well as Man of the Series . |
| 12 | And it could be the ‘ Baby Blues ’ for Britain at Augusta with twice winner Nick Faldo 's wife Gill also expecting their third arrival in late March or early April . |
| 13 | ‘ All we ever wanted was for for Laura to get back to health and be able to go out and play with Louis , ’ said Fran who is expecting her third child . |
| 14 | It was only when Maisie emerged from the back kitchen , wearing her third headscarf of the morning ( this one was in Liberty print and made her look as if she was about to go out to watch titled men shooting grouse ) , that he felt emboldened to get close enough to hear what they were saying . |
| 15 | I was doing my third week as a young crime reporter and had just about finished my second and last story of the day when the phone rang . |
| 16 | Chris Patten Without the Winter of Discontent , I would now be running my third government . |
| 17 | Despite some notorious examples of TNCs abandoning their Third World ( and sometimes First World ) workers without legal compensation , there is no evidence to suggest that TNC plants inside or outside of zones are statistically any more likely to close down than domestic companies . |
| 18 | THE INSPIRAL Carpets spend the summer recording their third album and ‘ doing ’ the festival circuit . |
| 19 | Selkirk … . 16 Boroughmuir .. 9 EVEN with three replacements permissible it is not always possible to cover the loss of a key player , as Boroughmuir discovered when suffering their third defeat in four years at the hands of Selkirk , this time by a 16-9 margin . |
| 20 | Brian Roper 's unsuccessful spot kick perpetuated the agony for the Donegal boys who had once again come so near and yet so far , losing their third final in a row . |
| 21 | They left at seven o'clock , as Celia was starting her third draft . |
| 22 | Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences . |
| 23 | He has just emerged from the studio after recording his third album ; there will be many musical surprises in store . |
| 24 | Also back is New Zealander Bruce Cornelius , who will be spending his third term with the Shane Park side . |
| 25 | WEDGWOOD 'S Heartwatch programme is entering its third year and is as popular as ever . |
| 26 | NOW entering its third year , Teesside Training and Enterprise Council has already made a significant contribution to the social and economic life of the region . |
| 27 | By comparison , in Area 6 , Record Centre Maidstone continue in sparkling form at the head of the table , achieving their third win of the season against Crawley , which , in turn , enabled David Lloyd Eastbourne to move up a place above the leader 's victims . |
| 28 | William Dougal was drinking his third orange juice of the evening . |
| 29 | " Can I top you up , Mr Willoughby ? " asked Lucy in the most polished social manner that anyone could desire , and soon the Magistrate was drinking his third cup of hot water , and still gazing at her in fascination , or to be more precise , at the back of her neck , which was the part of her which most interested him . |
| 30 | Gregor Gilfillan , of Levenwick , who is entering his third year of a BSc ( Hons ) biochemistry course at the University of Aberdeen ; |