Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [art] third [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was the third head of UNEP , after Maurice Strong ( 1972-75 ) and Tolba , who had served four consecutive terms in the post since 1976 . |
| 2 | It was the third story in an evening bulletin , and the tone of the commentary implied the legitimacy of their struggle . |
| 3 | It was the third hour of the night watch when the banquet ended . |
| 4 | It was the third hour of the night watch . |
| 5 | It was the third occasion on which Wingti had become Prime Minister . |
| 6 | It was the third part of the book that spoke about the danger of making changes ; in the summer of 1857 Part Three may have seemed less important than Part Two because the tsarist authorities had yet to give an unequivocal sign of their commitment to reform . |
| 7 | It was the third day of the German assault . |
| 8 | It was the third day in July , page four , seven , three and then I had to find a word that I 'd never heard off before and put it up on the board . |
| 9 | It was the third year in succession that Jamie McLoughlin ( Ipswich Harriers and St. Joseph 's College ) had recorded a winning double in the 400 metres and 800 metres , his win in the latter being a close one over club-mate Chris Bailey . |
| 10 | It was the third week of our third year in secondary school . |
| 11 | Even in that case it was the third complaint from a woman who had had her previous two met . |
| 12 | It was the third time in three weeks that such ugly scenes had been witnessed at London grounds . |
| 13 | It was the third time in eight games that the margin of victory had been just two runs . |
| 14 | It was the third time in recent years that a county match had been completed inside an August day at Old Trafford . |
| 15 | It was the third time in five years the council had considered a motion to ban hunting . |
| 16 | It was the third visit to Chichester for the company of final year students of the Northern Ballet 's Central School of Ballet who both surprised and astounded their audiences with a fast moving and challenging selection of classical and contemporary works . |
| 17 | In 1835 he was the third serjeant-at-law in Ireland and , shortly afterwards , second serjeant . |