Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [art] third time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I left my sack for a third time clipped to Sal and relished the cool caress of wind around my back as I finally found out how to enjoy myself on the steep granite of the ridge . |
| 2 | Joseph watched Tran Van Hieu 's father lower himself to the ground with difficulty for the third time . |
| 3 | AC MILAN striker Marco van Basten yesterday won the European Footballer of the Year award for the third time . |
| 4 | JULIO ANGUITA , the leader of the Spanish Communist Party , is looking for the thief in Madrid who smashed his windscreen and broke into his car for the third time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He jerked her case upright , tight-lipped , and put it by the door for her , but relaxed in exasperated pity as he watched her start to check her handbag for the third time . |
| 7 | CHART newcomer Tasmin Archer fears she may never get her licence after failing her driving test for the third time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Watch me , Graham , ’ I insisted , as I tried the move for the third time . |
| 10 | He stuffs everything back in the rucksack for the third time . |
| 11 | Another Scots exile , David Strang , has broken the Scottish indoor mile record for the third time in the US . |
| 12 | I had to reverse , climb up to retrieve the runner and cross the wall for a third time . |
| 13 | Fry , dismissed by the 20-stone ticket-broker for the third time yesterday , wo n't be kissing and making up this time … he 'll sue for wrongful dismissal . |
| 14 | He saw her as he called her name for the third time . |
| 15 | Just as it looked as though he was going to be " bridesmaid " again in 1986m he emerged from a tense season as champion for a third time , but it was not resolved until the very last race of the season once more . |
| 16 | Champion for a second time in 1983 , he teamed up with Nigel Mansell at Williams in 1986 and a year later was champion for the third time . |
| 17 | The year before they had taken the League title for the third time running , becoming the second , and last , club to do the hat-trick , after a season that saw Highbury 's record crowd — 73,295 for the game against Sunderland in March 1935 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Langer , recently a father for the third time , has prepared for his 1993 European debut by skiing in Utah , and practising in Florida . |
| 20 | Before grapes are allowed the full AOC status of Champagne , the vines from which they come , whether situated in a virgin vineyard or an old one just replanted , must attain their ‘ third leaf ’ , by which is meant that the plants , having produced foliage for the third time , will be three years old . |
| 21 | After filling his cracked white china mug for the third time , Yanto lay back against the mossy bank and gloried in his contentment . |
| 22 | It was confirmed on Monday that the former army officer had attempted suicide for a third time . |
| 23 | L.F. COSTERTIUM , FECIT ’ ( Marcus Agrippa , Son of Lucius , consul for the third time , built this ) — for many years gave rise to misconceptions regarding the period of building of the Pantheon . |
| 24 | When Menelik founded Addis Ababa in 1889 the countryside had been forested with juniper and wild olive , but these had soon been cut down for firewood and building material , whereupon Menelik announced that he was going to move his capital for the third time . |
| 25 | Husband sat back in his chair and began lighting his pipe for the third time . |
| 26 | Wexford closed the books and emptied his tankard for the third time . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Gro Harlem Brundtland , the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party ( DNA ) , returned to office on Nov. 3 , heading a minority government for the third time . |
| 29 | Yesterday she won the Royal Bank of Scotland Scottish Women 's Championship for a third time there and a fourth time overall . |
| 30 | Mansell won five times and was second in the Championship for the third time in his career . |