Example sentences of "[pers pn] was only the third [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My predecessor , who played the double-bass , had been appointed in 1935 , and I was only the third headmaster to hold office since the death of Queen Victoria . |
| 2 | The report should have said ‘ if war permits ’ for , by October 1915 when the Annual General Meeting was reported in the Standard it was only the third press account that year and it indicated the Club was in dire straits . |
| 3 | It was only the third script to be completed ( Coburn 's ‘ The Tribe of Gum ’ serial , retitled ‘ Doctor Who and 100,000 BC ’ , and John Lucarotti 's ‘ Journey to Cathay ’ preceding it ) , but at once Whitaker felt he had found the right niche for Doctor Who 's presentation of science fiction . |
| 4 | It was only the third time Huntworth has got round in his last 13 races under Rules , but those three completions have brought three wins . |
| 5 | Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar Station , said he believed it was only the third time a crew at the station had received a medal in the 190 years since the Zetland was first launched from Redcar . |
| 6 | For this period he was the leader of the party which gave the Government nine-tenths of its majority , but he was only the third man in the hierarchy . |
| 7 | Reportedly he was only the third choice for the post . |