Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [art] third [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then suddenly she remembered the third bedroom , and sat up , hugging her knees . |
| 2 | Lambert hesitated , finding excuses in wanting to oversee the complete destruction of the flaming balloon , or wondering where the Triplane was , or perhaps they had a third balloon somewhere … |
| 3 | Whenever there was a movement by the woodpile , the sniper fired , and soon he hit a third man . |
| 4 | This same attitude can also be seen in the exasperating , but typical , response that we received whenever we questioned a third party 's motives for doing something : ‘ Oh , sara ’ li kaa' ’ — roughly : ‘ Oh , it 's his business . ’ |
| 5 | We go two lads there with hardly any work on me and Jan are alright now we got a third person Graham has n't got much on and er Ri Richard 's scraping round for work , so of course my ears pricked up like so I thought , Mike sensed that I 'd looked up and he looked at me and er so I just looked back he said God , God had never invented a woman with small ears ! |
| 6 | there was a communicating door in one corner of the room and from behind it came the third movement of the Mozart , which was working itself up to that frantic minor-key Turkish routine which I 've never thought a good enough ending for such a great beginning ; but then that complaint went for just about everything in my life . |
| 7 | Then he noticed the third cup with some dregs of tea remaining in it ! |
| 8 | The Indians have performed poorly on their tour of South Africa , where they lost the third Test after flopping 5-2 in the one-day series . |
| 9 | Rush capped a brilliant evening for the home side in the 83rd minute when he volleyed a third goal from Dozzell 's headed clearance . |