Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | The favourite still seemed to be going well enough , however , and the adoring masses were not particularly worried as the leading group — Ten of Spades and Desert Orchid , with Toby Tobias and Norton 's Coin close behind — thundered down towards the third last fence . |
| 2 | Indoor bowls : Visit Clacton-on-Sea is the advice being offered to the selectors of county bowls teams in Essex following the indoor club 's latest success over strong opposition.The seasiders moved through to the third round of the London Southern Counties Shield with a 76–67 victory over Essex County , secured largely through the efforts of Ron Marrable 's rink . |
| 3 | He flew through a wild cross-fire of small-arms and caught up with the third bomber just as it was taxi-ing towards a hangar . |
| 4 | For you the tape measure did n't shrink — it just followed the wonkyness of the two-dimensional surface as it hollowed out into the third dimension . |
| 5 | I was one of 15 who got through to the third stage which is a five day winter course . |
| 6 | Nino came through to the third jump off but only one , Germany 's Frank Sloothaak , on the high jump specialist Optiebeurs Golo , could go clear again . |
| 7 | He ordered the driver and two officers to get out … and then drove off with the third towards London . |
| 8 | Taking his cue from the Egyptians , Mr Ra came up with a third : Mummification ( with a capital ‘ M ’ because Summum , besides patenting the process , has somehow registered the word as a trademark ) . |
| 9 | Only Chelsea 's £105,000 bill in 1991 for payments to former captain Graham Roberts tops the penalty dished out to the Third Division promotion-chasers yesterday . |
| 10 | British open champion Bob Blight had a demanding weekend 's racing , as he was also racing in the 125 P and R. However his determination paid off with a third overall . |
| 11 | A narrow stairway led up to the third floor where an unmarked door opened onto a plush modern office reception area with a deep-pile fawn carpet dotted with pot plants . |
| 12 | Under these conditions the human observer sees a chevron , made up of two of the gratings , moving against a background made up of the third . |
| 13 | The mother and daughter walked on towards the third door on the other side of the corridor and which led into Mrs Funnell 's room . |
| 14 | The EC troika arrived in Zagreb on Aug. 2 but talks in Belgrade broke down after the third round on Aug. 4 which Milosevic boycotted . |
| 15 | The annual growth of world trade in 1991 slowed down for the third successive year , according to the annual report of the Director-General of GATT , issued on March 18 . |
| 16 | Pete Miles barged through for the third try at the start of the second half … |
| 17 | The blaze broke out on the third floor of Camrex House , Tatham Street , Sunderland , and destroyed a bed . |
| 18 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 19 | The Swiss pair sped down over the Third Ice Field , zoomed out from the sheer rockface beneath it and landed with a crunch on the Second Ice Field ; then , as limbs were torn from their bodies , they launched again off the cliff , landed on the First Ice Field , and again careened down the slope and zoomed out and down . |
| 20 | Then Murray Wallace surged over for the third try , making the score at half-time 20-0 . |
| 21 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
| 22 | Odd , that , Mike thought as he went up to the third floor in the rattling old lift . |
| 23 | She wanted to check on some of her cultures before they left the building , so they went up to the third floor and along a corridor lined with rooms numbered for experimentation and behavioural study . |
| 24 | Newport were in shreds as Marcus Hannaford cleaned up for the third try . |
| 25 | Unfortunately this fell out on the third ascent . |
| 26 | He attacked the door , which caved in at the third blow . |
| 27 | While Baldwin 's succession to Bonar Law in 1923 has been almost overdiscussed , practically no attention has been given to the way in which he slipped in for the third time in 1935 . |
| 28 | The umpires conferred , then , like Tweedledum and Tweedledee in their striped shirts , cantered over to the third man in the stands , who 'd been gazing at Mrs Sherwood at the time and missed the incident altogether , and who now waved his down-turned palms back and forth to indicate no foul . |
| 29 | Worriedly judging her moment , and hoping fervently that the other two heard nothing , she slipped out behind the third man , and cracked him over the head with the cutters . |