Example sentences of "down for the third [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But in the country as a whole , the number of skiers was down for the third year running , and was no higher than 12 years ago ( see chart on next page ) .
2 The theatre of La Scala was completed by 1778 by Giuseppe Piermarini following the decision by City Governor Ferdinand Hapsburg not to rebuild the theatre in the Palazzo Reale which had just burned down for the third time .
3 The last time this happened I just managed to catch a glimpse of his two black eyes , going down for the third time , before I landed him .
4 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 .
5 The idea seemed to fit Lucy 's current expression , as though all hands had already gone down for the third time .
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