Example sentences of "my third [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'm on my third divorce , did I tell you that ? ’ |
2 | My third friend was very scared and wanted to go at once , feeling that we were in definite danger from something . |
3 | I have fought in too many battles and lost my boy in one , the only child of my third wife . |
4 | Now , gentle reader , I expect at my third reference to you as ‘ gentle reader ’ you 're starting to feel rather less than gentle towards me . |
5 | My third variation corresponds to what Levi-Strauss calls generalized exchange . |
6 | True , if understood to relate to candidates as persons : my third preference for Brawny can never count against my first preference for Beefy . |
7 | If the Fruity Party fields three candidates in a constituency election ; if I give my first preference to Apple and second to Banana ; if I give my third preference not to Cherry but to Hazel of the Nutty Party ; and if finally , that third preference becomes an effective vote , it will unquestionably be a vote against the Fruity Party that I was supporting with my first and second preferences . |
8 | I 've cut down on all the exercise I felt necessary to do and always have fourth helpings but nothing can bring back my third chin , I do n't know what to do , ’ said the man . |
9 | My third misadventure of the trip happened while we were in Wellington . |
10 | That is because of my third contribution . |
11 | Chris Patten Without the Winter of Discontent , I would now be running my third government . |
12 | On my third day of freedom I managed to steal some coins and sent a note to my master in Ipswich . |
13 | If I do not wish to continue after the three monthly issues I will write and let you know within 10 days of receiving my third issue and will not owe you a penny . |
14 | ‘ My second marriage was romantic but not successful ; my third marriage was successful but not romantic . ’ |
15 | My third question today |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Ilona Roth writes : ‘ I ‘ faxed ’ off one of the final chapters [ of her book Introduction to Psychology ] on the morning of the day on which my third child , Raphael , was born ! ’ |
18 | ON MY third voyage as a cadet , on the way down to West Africa war was declared . |
19 | In my third memory my mother takes me to see Chaplin 's Limelight . |
20 | On the Saturday of my third weekend at the Palace Hotel I looked their address up in one of the telephone directories in my local library . |
21 | At about this time my third sister was born . |
22 | I was ultimately awarded colours but in my third year lost my place after a sharp attack of influenza which weakened my confidence . |
23 | At cricket I played in the second eleven , and was its captain in my third year . |
24 | It was only in my third year that I really felt happy there . |
25 | In my third year at Oxford , however , I noticed that I seemed to be getting clumsier , and I fell over once or twice for no apparent reason . |
26 | In my third year I learned to adore the man ; he can virtually do what he likes and I 'll still adore him . |
27 | ‘ By my third year people in the lab used to joke ‘ Pountaine 's in , it must be Tuesday ’ ‘ , he remembers . |
28 | But at the beginning of my third year , took over from , he played saxophone , and was more interested in school bands and pop music . |
29 | I am in my third year now studying history of art . |
30 | My third recording , also from Decca , seems to get everything right from the engineering point of view . |