Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the third time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Simon Wilkinson of the St Melyd club won the Aberconwy trophy for the third time in four years with a 72 hole total of 296 in his last amateur tournament before turning professional .
2 Another Briton , Martin Brundle , driving a Ligier , finished fifth , collecting points for his team for the third time in four races , and Austrian Karl Wendlinger finished sixth in a Sauber .
3 Another Scots exile , David Strang , has broken the Scottish indoor mile record for the third time in the US .
4 But the Stokesley sprinter , whose season has been delayed by the combined effects of study and injury , summarily dismissed her chances of qualifying for a second successive Olympic Games after winning the 200 metres title for the third time in seven years .
5 At a time when the British electorate has elected a Conservative government for the third time on the basis of a minority of the votes cast it is additionally important to add to this examination of the impact of ‘ the voice of the people ’ upon social policy determination the observation that our ‘ first past the post ’ electoral system can convey a very ambiguous message .
6 Mansell won five times and was second in the Championship for the third time in his career .
7 THERE is not better way to underline the problems of distance and climate that are a unique hallmark of the game in Canada than … talking to Canadian RU executive director John Billingsley who mentioned his Ottawa lawn had been deep in snow for more than three months — in Vancouver I was about to bring out the mower for the third time in a garden bright with spring blossoms .
8 Careful not to wake the others , he made his way for the third time to the lavatory .
9 For Leconte , who only four months earlier had undergone back surgery for the third time in little more than two years , it had seen the re-birth of what was — and can be again — a gloriously entertaining , as well as effective , career .
10 A Fire engine stands outside Bullingdon prison for the third time in ten days .
11 DERRY City manager , Roy Coyle , made another bold move into the transfer market for the third time in 10 days to gain the services of yet another Scottish player .
12 DERRY City manager Roy Coyle has entered the transfer market for the third time in 10 days .
13 ‘ … and moreover the most gallant gentleman of the realm , and this went on until it resulted in a divorce , and after a second marriage , which was likewise unhappy , she entered the married estate for the third time with a common tar , with whom , though he abused her daily , she herself said that she lived in much greater content than in her first marriage .
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