Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creed rode in the third car , flanked by two of the Corporation 's top directors , with Jed at the wheel in his new top hat . |
| 2 | The Summerchilds lived in the third one along , with the peeling woodwork and the neglected grey rendering . |
| 3 | But Bull 's eighth goal of the season was Wolves ' only reward for their territorial dominance , and Aston Villa squeezed into the third round by virtue of the early goal Derek Mountfield had added to their first-leg advantage . |
| 4 | Meredith pointed at the third child , a pretty little girl with dark hair and an engaging , impish grin . |
| 5 | The three-year period , for example , between the death of Eorpwald and the accession of Sigeberht , could signify that Sigeberht succeeded in the third year after Eorpwald 's assassination . |
| 6 | Both powers know that the unappealing alternative is a return to the 1970s and 1980s , when America and Russia competed in the third world through warring clients . |
| 7 | Forshaw and Abercrombie opted for the third . |
| 8 | In 1959 the Shah married for the third time , to Farah Diba , a twenty-one-year-old Iranian student of architecture . |
| 9 | Sam recovered in the third set from 1–3 to lead 5–4 , but she was unable to close out the match against a tough opponent who rarely deviated from her game plan of staying back and slugging it out from the baseline . |
| 10 | There was one who told his wife , ‘ The reason I 'm late is that Harry died at the third hole , so we had to go all the way round the other fifteen holes on the course , dragging Harry . ’ |
| 11 | Simon Pardy mumbled for the third or fourth time in the aggressive undertone which seemed to be his preferred manner of replying to any remark . |
| 12 | Bregawn swept over the third fence from home and made his way into the straight , Pursued by Captain John ( who had lost ground when blundering at the third last ) , Wayward Lad and Silver Buck . |
| 13 | But McHale was a distant third last year when Fisher won for the third time , a sign of the troubles the three-times Tarmac champion was having with his ex-Carlos Sainz Toyota Celica . |
| 14 | Bucknor signalled to the third umpire — and the red bulb for ‘ not out ’ lit up . |
| 15 | Bryony attacked on the third night . |
| 16 | The launch of Rolls Wood Group News on 1 April coincided with the third anniversary of the Company and was well received . |
| 17 | Terry Betts said on the third day that he and his son had peaked too soon and errors put them four down after 13 holes , with the Piggotts to receive their second and final shot on the 14th . |
| 18 | JOHN CLEESE married for the third time last night and , like his previous wives , his new bride is an American . |
| 19 | Now in any circumstances Mike McFarlane runs a good bend and usually a great one : but what Vladimir Muravyev unleashed on the third leg left everybody gasping ! |