Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] [art] third " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Fortunately , ’ managing director Hugh Collinson says , ‘ our season did not start until the third week in May , so we did not have any holidaymakers there when trouble flared up . ’
2 Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third .
3 And to think , he wrote , that with all my previous work I barely knew what step to take first , let alone what step to take second , let us not talk about the third .
4 He was just out there on the Strip telling the first lady how he wants to get to know her , and the second , and hoping out loud that both of them do n't mind about the third : ‘ Because I want to get to know her , too .
5 And they they even had a gun in with them and if they did n't go by the third shot They fired in the air you see .
6 Four of our sides are through to the second round … and Hereford have a chance to make a name for themselves here … first division teams do n't play until the third round …
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