Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for [art] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were some highlights from Bristol , some back-row charges , a 50-yard passing movement which saw Doug Woodman scoring the first of his two tries , and Paul Collings making a solo break for the third . |
| 2 | He applied for the first chair and then thought better of it and withdrew the application ; refused to apply for the second despite the supplications of Cambridge friends ; and finally applied for the third , the chair of primacy , the regius chair made vacant by the retirement of Charles Raven . |
| 3 | He was just losing for the third time when Celia walked back in , Mitch behind her . |
| 4 | Police are still looking for the third — a brown Ford Sierra which was stolen from Brockhampton last night . |
| 5 | Two teenegers … one fifteen the other ninteen … are still helping police with their inquiries … they 're still hunting for a third man . |
| 6 | Although he had already sent on Ian Wright for back injury victim Les Ferdinand , the rules of the competition still allowed for a third outfield substitution . |
| 7 | The Darling Buds of May with David Jason and Catherine Zeta Jones is also re-surfacing for a third series . |
| 8 | There is no doubt they deserved the points after pushing title favourites Galleywood and Stock — who both won for the third time this season on Saturday — so close in their last two matches . |
| 9 | The Dominica Freedom Party ( DFP ) , which came to power in 1980 , was narrowly returned for a third term in May 1990 , winning 11 seats . |
| 10 | The DFP was narrowly returned for a third term in May 1990 , winning 11 of the elective seats [ see pp. 37448 ; 37527 ] . |
| 11 | The roadway is closed to traffic by a turnpike , then , underneath a kind of Bridge of Sighs connecting the main block with the buildings attached to the Arch , it is closed again by a set of ornamental gates — and then closed for a third time by another turnpike . |
| 12 | Some of their football was remarkably composed for a Third Division side in adversity . |
| 13 | By the time the British , the Americans , and the ultimately successful Rifs from North Africa had made their assaults , the monastery was almost completely destroyed for the third time in history . |
| 14 | Souness was still grumbling about the decisions that went against his team — the penalty that gave Coventry their first goal , the free-kick that led to their second , an offside flag that never came for the third and the sending off of Jamie Redknapp . |
| 15 | ‘ He expressed a rather sensible idea , ’ said Stavrogin , ad yawned for the third time . |