Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [art] third [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She bore him a third son , but a difficult carriage and birth presaged troubles which eventually cost her her life in her forties .
2 ‘ I just do n't fancy tackling her a third time . ’
3 If you tell him to jump a jump twice , he does it ; but when you tell him to jump it a third time , he says , ‘ I 've had it , I 've done it twice and I 'm not going to do it again ! ’
4 He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night .
5 I began to move more freely around the island again , and built myself a third house .
6 Once more a terrible curiosity overcame him , to know what the third girl looked like .
7 Mr Coker was a forward-looking fellow : ‘ And now ’ , he said , ‘ let me show you the third class coach of the future .
8 And would Feargal now give him the third degree ?
9 He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time .
10 Actually he did n't call it a third round , since he did n't solicit new entries but used the same 63 as for Round 2 .
11 IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador .
12 As he walked downstairs , he read it a third time to make sure .
13 Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree .
14 Eddington paused , then replied , " I am trying to think who the third person is . " )
15 King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began .
16 King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began .
17 D. Hey , 1981 ) Mackworth occasionally appears as ‘ Judge Mackworth ’ , erroneously gives him a third wife .
18 Her tutors at University College have allowed her a third attempt next year but have insisted she take a year out .
19 are you saying , er , I 'll put it a third time , are you saying or not that you do not know whether the figures that you published are accurate until twenty one months later ? , is that what you 're saying ?
20 As you do it the third time , bend your fingers down and place them all under the band .
21 The Purchaser should at least accept that certain warranties should be given subject to the Vendor 's knowledge — eg those warranties which seek to anticipate what a third party might do in the future .
22 It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time .
23 When , inevitably , we were asked to do it again , we altered it to make it the third article after the four-legged item and kept varying first and third .
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