Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] for [art] third " in BNC.
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1 | After two decades cotton came to account for a third of the increase in manufactured exports from 1784 – 6 to 1794 – 6 . |
2 | And as I started to go for the third man , I heard the sound of police whistles , and then two policemen arrived with the woman , and the third thug ran for it . |
3 | Mr Adams pointed out that the profits of Ford of Britain had risen for the third year running to a record £673m and he calculated a further increase to £710m was likely this year . |
4 | Love , the second round leader , could not maintain the pace he set over the first two rounds and had to settle for a third round 71 . |
5 | He intended to challenge for a third successive 800 metres title but withdraw last night because of a shin injury . |