Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] third [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think a lot of them were genuinely concerned , as in my case I think this person was genuinely worried about me because I 'd had , it was my third child and I I do think she was er worried about me because er you know you do n't want to keep having babies and losing them but I was n't worried about , I was worried about myself , to say I was n't worried that 's stupid , but er we just hoped and hoped and kept hoping . |
| 2 | Other officers go through their careers without being injured but this was my third set of injuries in three years . |
| 3 | It was their third sweep of the Domain and their last . |
| 4 | It was their third court appearance . |
| 5 | It was their third Gold Cup victory , their second in five days and maintained their outstanding record against the Scots , who have still won only once in 21 visits . |
| 6 | Hoffman 's measurement of the gamma spectrum was their third signature for neutrons : first there had been their own relatively crude neutron measurements with the dosimeter , then they had seen Jones ' suggestive neutron spectrum and now this ( erroneous as it turned out ) gamma peak . |
| 7 | It was their third attempt on the peak , having been repulsed twice by storms . |
| 8 | It was their third meeting . |
| 9 | Meredith felt the memory freeze her bones , remembering how she 'd comforted her paralysed grandmother during the long wait for the ambulance , knowing this was her third heart attack . |
| 10 | It was her third visit there , perhaps her fourth . |
| 11 | was its third owner — purchasing the mill and mill house for £200 . |
| 12 | It was his third mercy mission to Romania and he plans to join another convoy in December . |
| 13 | It was his third whip offence of the season . |
| 14 | United kept Scunthorpe out and then went and made sure of victory with the second goal after seventy five minutes … no marks for slack defending by Scunthorpe … top marks for tenacity from skipper Derek hall … and that was his third strike of the season … |
| 15 | Rhoda , at thirty , was his third wife , some seventeen years younger than him . |
| 16 | It was his third wife and Queen , Farah Diba . |
| 17 | Simmons 's 104 was his third century in his last four one-day international innings , for he made 110 against Sri Lanka in West Indies ' penultimate game of the World Cup . |
| 18 | It was his third warrant sale scare in six months . |
| 19 | The American looked shattered at the end — it was his third career defeat at the hands of 21-year-old Ivanisevic and easily the most decisive . |
| 20 | For Watering Places was his third book on the district , following Rambles Along the Cliffs , and a guide to Whitby and Saltburn . |
| 21 | It was his third picture for Twentieth Century-Fox and his biggest screen disappointment , partly because he was miscast in the romantic lead . |
| 22 | I turned around to see Mr Lu playing what I thought was his third shot . |
| 23 | But it was his third shot , the penalty for ‘ out of bounds ’ being stroke and distance . |
| 24 | It was his third visit . |
| 25 | It was his third visit to Albania , and he met with Berisha , Meksi and a number of ministers . |
| 26 | And it was your third attempt , too . ’ |