Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [prep] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | JULIO ANGUITA , the leader of the Spanish Communist Party , is looking for the thief in Madrid who smashed his windscreen and broke into his car for the third time . |
| 2 | The result is that Mr Clinton is unlikely to unveil his plan until the third week of June , and it could be later if his economic package encounters more problems . |
| 3 | In some poems the poet addresses parts of his body in the third person , the eyes or the mind ( 24 , 113 , 114 ) , or his ‘ flesh ’ ( 151 ) . |
| 4 | Steven Hodgson , in his first year in the championships , stopped his opponent in the third round , and Craig Wake had a walkover . |
| 5 | Another Briton , Martin Brundle , driving a Ligier , finished fifth , collecting points for his team for the third time in four races , and Austrian Karl Wendlinger finished sixth in a Sauber . |
| 6 | They sell goods direct from communities in developing countries and say they 're selling the briquetters to encourage Eric Lamont-Gregory in his quest to export his invention to the third world . |
| 7 | Wexford closed the books and emptied his tankard for the third time . |
| 8 | Husband sat back in his chair and began lighting his pipe for the third time . |
| 9 | When Menelik founded Addis Ababa in 1889 the countryside had been forested with juniper and wild olive , but these had soon been cut down for firewood and building material , whereupon Menelik announced that he was going to move his capital for the third time . |
| 10 | He rose choreographically and refilled his cup for the third time . |
| 11 | Gandhi interprets his progression to the third stage of life as an extension of his social obligations . |
| 12 | Then it may be in the parties ' interests to leave the money in the account but transfer the benefit of the account to the third party by some other means ; for instance , by the depositor constituting himself a trustee of the account for the benefit of the third party , or by him assigning the money in his account to the third party . |
| 13 | Careful not to wake the others , he made his way for the third time to the lavatory . |
| 14 | Gonzalez then drives to his office on the third floor of a new building on the waterfront . |