Example sentences of "[pron] was [art] third time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the third time in three weeks that such ugly scenes had been witnessed at London grounds . |
| 2 | It was the third time in eight games that the margin of victory had been just two runs . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was the third time the hospital had applied for a government grant for the unit . |
| 5 | It was the third time in recent years that a county match had been completed inside an August day at Old Trafford . |
| 6 | It was the third time he had proposed this . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And it was not only because it was the third time I had heard precisely how that acrobatic quartet achieved congress . |
| 9 | After all , it was the third time the police had visited him in as many days . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was the third time she had failed to agree with his criticism and offered a compensating compliment . |
| 12 | It was the third time . |
| 13 | It was the third time since the Temple Mount killings in October that the United States had declined to use its veto against a Security Council resolution harshly critical of Israel [ see pp. 37759-60 ] . |
| 14 | It was the third time proposals to introduce VAT had been turned down . |
| 15 | Especially if he spotted that it was the third time , for Miss Postlethwaite and me . ’ |
| 16 | It was the third time Henry had tried the drug . |
| 17 | It was the third time in five years the council had considered a motion to ban hunting . |