Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [art] third [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So he took it , and played something soft and sad , something plaintive and melancholy that rose up every third line as if it was going to shake off its sorrow and fly forward and free ; but then in the fourth it curled back on itself and fell again : reluctantly , sometimes , but always resignedly , as if it knew it was going to fall ; as if it had been striving and falling back again for hundreds of years . |
| 2 | ‘ Thank you ! ’ he said , and drew up a third chair . |
| 3 | After a few minutes , the door reopened and Eddie returned with a mug of tea , drew up a third chair and sat down . |
| 4 | ‘ Try Goode or something ’ , Walker recalled him saying ; ‘ and I think he even threw out a third name … |
| 5 | Parish councils ( community councils in Wales ) made up the third tier which had both minor service and advisory functions at grass-roots level . |
| 6 | The Ruffians ' ( 4th XI ) season drew to a close on Saturday when they took on the third team 's opposition at Aldershot . |
| 7 | Dunstable withdrew yesterday from the FA Cup , but face disciplinary action after their remaining players walked off in the 38th minute of the tie at Staines after the referee Stephen Head sent off a third member of their team . |
| 8 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 9 | So I taught him that the first week , and the second week we went back and there was still only him , so it I taught him how to rewire a plug how to do it properly and er went back a third week and he was s still the only one there , so we went through it again , see if he 'd picked it up and he had n't so . |
| 10 | Showing that their displays are appropriate for all types of buildings they picked up the third prize for their display at the Marriott Hotel also in Dyce . |
| 11 | He picked up the third book that he had thrown . |
| 12 | He held up the third finger . |