Example sentences of "it [was/were] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tranmere now were not only confident but cocky , and as Spurs deteriorated into a formation as ragged as a returning Battle of Britain squadron it was the Third Division side who found space and time . |
| 2 | It was the third time in three weeks that such ugly scenes had been witnessed at London grounds . |
| 3 | It was the third story in an evening bulletin , and the tone of the commentary implied the legitimacy of their struggle . |
| 4 | For Edward it was the third of many stages on his career as a writer : |
| 5 | It was the third day that clinched it . |
| 6 | It was the third time in eight games that the margin of victory had been just two runs . |
| 7 | It was the third consecutive day on which the index plummeted by almost 3½ p.c. in an alarming acceleration of Japan 's two-year process of asset deflation . |
| 8 | It was the third time Hillman has been sent off in his career and having been suspended for 20 weeks for his last offence , can expect a lengthy suspension for his latest misdemeanour . |
| 9 | It was the third week of our third year in secondary school . |
| 10 | It was the third visit to Chichester for the company of final year students of the Northern Ballet 's Central School of Ballet who both surprised and astounded their audiences with a fast moving and challenging selection of classical and contemporary works . |
| 11 | It was the third in a series of six meetings on women 's liberation , organised by the women s group in the local Polytechnic . |
| 12 | This year , which must prove that we dreamed it up , it was the THIRD Monday which saw the longest queues of all — to see John McEnroe and Michael Stich win the final set of the men 's doubles . |
| 13 | It was the third trip she had made that year , leaving husband , sons and job to visit her father . |
| 14 | It was the third time the hospital had applied for a government grant for the unit . |
| 15 | It was the third day after she had dressed , gone out , without wearing her underclothes , into her car , driving on the main road through Tadley , driving all the way to Kingsclere , knocking at the front door of the home of a woman who was almost a stranger , going into a house that she hardly knew . |
| 16 | It was the third time in recent years that a county match had been completed inside an August day at Old Trafford . |
| 17 | It was the third year in succession that Jamie McLoughlin ( Ipswich Harriers and St. Joseph 's College ) had recorded a winning double in the 400 metres and 800 metres , his win in the latter being a close one over club-mate Chris Bailey . |
| 18 | It was the third variable star to be identified , by Kirch as long ago as 1686 . |
| 19 | It was the third time he had proposed this . |
| 20 | This meant that the subject was Making Notes ; that it was the third draft ( for other drafts were lying about ) ; and that it was the tenth manuscript page of that draft . |
| 21 | As the shop manager pointed out , it was the third time that month she 'd been late for work , and if they had n't needed her to turn up on time , they would n't have hired her in the first place . |
| 22 | He took the stairs slowly , trying to remember if it was the third or the fourth step from the bottom that creaked when you put your weight on it . |
| 23 | And it was not only because it was the third time I had heard precisely how that acrobatic quartet achieved congress . |
| 24 | It was the third hour of the night watch when the banquet ended . |
| 25 | It was the third hour of the night watch . |
| 26 | After all , it was the third time the police had visited him in as many days . |
| 27 | It was the third time the boy had tried to get past him , and , as before , he seemed surprised by the old man 's quickness ; shocked that , whichever way he moved , Tuan Ti Fo was there , blocking his way . |
| 28 | It was the third time she had failed to agree with his criticism and offered a compensating compliment . |
| 29 | It was the third day she had heard it . |
| 30 | It was the third time . |