Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has yet to catch on in the Third World but when it does it could prove extremely useful . |
| 2 | The favourite still seemed to be going well enough , however , and the adoring masses were not particularly worried as the leading group — Ten of Spades and Desert Orchid , with Toby Tobias and Norton 's Coin close behind — thundered down towards the third last fence . |
| 3 | A jury found that Mr McCaffrey had forced open the doors of the lift and squeezed through a narrow 11in gap in a bid to jump down to the third floor landing . |
| 4 | Normally it is of the second magnitude , just about equal to the Pole Star , but every 2½ days it gives a long , slow wink , taking four hours to fade down below the third magnitude and remaining at minimum for a mere 20 minutes before starting to recover — after which nothing more happens for the next 2½ days . |
| 5 | Indoor bowls : Visit Clacton-on-Sea is the advice being offered to the selectors of county bowls teams in Essex following the indoor club 's latest success over strong opposition.The seasiders moved through to the third round of the London Southern Counties Shield with a 76–67 victory over Essex County , secured largely through the efforts of Ron Marrable 's rink . |
| 6 | It is rare for a dog to jump up on the third occasion . |
| 7 | He flew through a wild cross-fire of small-arms and caught up with the third bomber just as it was taxi-ing towards a hangar . |
| 8 | It is even closer to Paul 's description of the man who was caught up into the third heaven ( 2 Corinthians 12:2 ) . |
| 9 | For you the tape measure did n't shrink — it just followed the wonkyness of the two-dimensional surface as it hollowed out into the third dimension . |
| 10 | Independent fieldwork for an honours thesis is carried out between the third and fourth years of study . |
| 11 | Haider , in office since 1989 [ see pp. 37688 ; 36596 ] , had caused a furore by declaring on June 13 during a Landtag ( provincial parliament ) debate that " an orderly employment policy was carried out in the Third Reich , which the government in Vienna can not manage " . |
| 12 | Let's must hope Smith 's mind is on the game tomorrow , when Redditch are at Hitchin to contest a place in the FA Cup 's final qualifying round before the Third and Fourth Division sides enter . |
| 13 | I was one of 15 who got through to the third stage which is a five day winter course . |
| 14 | In addition , the 16 teams to go through to the third round will each receive an illustrated copy of The Guinness Book of Cricket Facts and Feats . |
| 15 | Both Seve and Irwin played badly in the third round , but you 're never going to do a good score at Lytham when it feels like three degrees below freezing and there 's a gale blowing , are you ? |
| 16 | The Gardon was so full of silt ( plus the occasional dead sheep or cow ) that looking down from the third floor of the Pont du Gard it looked more like a flow of molasses than a river . |
| 17 | Up to the fifth floor , then walk down to the third , where he 'd taken a couple of rooms . |
| 18 | Nino came through to the third jump off but only one , Germany 's Frank Sloothaak , on the high jump specialist Optiebeurs Golo , could go clear again . |
| 19 | The race was really on now , and as the quartet came away from the third last and turned into the straight Desert Orchid suddenly had a fight on his hands — not from Ten of Spades , who had exhausted himself in drawing the grey 's sting and now fell heavily at the second last , but from Toby Tobias and Norton 's Coin . |
| 20 | He ordered the driver and two officers to get out … and then drove off with the third towards London . |
| 21 | As Penelope mounted further to the third floor where she and the other lodger had their rooms , she was relieved to hear the limpid notes of a recorder playing ‘ Brother James 's Air ’ . |
| 22 | She was not squeamish about using her considerable social influence in support of her son Winston ; she pressed his writing on publishers , sought for favourable reviewers , and appealed directly to the third Marquess of Salisbury , then prime minister , to permit him to join the expedition to the Sudan under Sir H. Herbert Kitchener ( later first Earl Kitchener of Khartoum , q.v . ) . |
| 23 | Only Chelsea 's £105,000 bill in 1991 for payments to former captain Graham Roberts tops the penalty dished out to the Third Division promotion-chasers yesterday . |
| 24 | But perceptions that the Alliance was running second in the polls collapsed in the second week ; and voters ' assessment of Alliance chances of winning a majority or even holding the balance of power dropped sharply in the third week ; while television 's sharp switch to focus on the two-Party Labour versus Conservative battle occurred in the fourth week . |
| 25 | Moon , who led by two strokes half-way through the third round of the Italian Open , made birdies at all five of the long holes . |
| 26 | Listen what the prophet says there in the third chapter , he says , this I recall to my mind , and he 's talking about the time of his own affliction , the time when he is going through it , the time when nobody loves him , the time when everybody 's against him , when he 's suffering and he 's in pain , the time when life is full of bitterness for him , he says this I recall to my mind therefore I have hope . |
| 27 | He spins round at the third barrel . |
| 28 | Roberto played beautifully in the third round and we progressed to two strokes ahead of the field after he shot a 67 . |
| 29 | The 12 governors met yesterday for the third time in a week at Bush House , in London . |
| 30 | This leads on to the third scenario , that decisions would be taken in economic and other fields at Community level , and that they would be submitted to the scrutiny of the European Parliament . |