Example sentences of "[vb past] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Tell him the sun-god promised that you would be the wisest of men , " whispered the third goblin . |
| 2 | As they passed the third cave , the golden bee flew out of the woman 's sleeve , and they saw the lightning flash and heard the thunder crack behind them . |
| 3 | The Maronite Christian parties boycotted the third round , as they had the previous two rounds . |
| 4 | Soviet spokesmen expected the Third World states to form a strong constituency of support for Brezhnev 's plan and they chose their arguments accordingly . |
| 5 | Clasper and the conspirators timed the third offence to coincide with the visit to the UK of the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Motors , Nate Cocello , as this would provide maximum publicity to the planned strike . |
| 6 | Bill read the Third time , and passed . |
| 7 | Bill read the Third time , and passed . |
| 8 | On January 20th Harry Moniba became the third man to lay claim to the presidency . |
| 9 | In the second Test at Port-of-Spain , he duly became the third ‘ W ’ , Weekes and Walcott having already made their debuts , and scored 97 and 28 not out . |
| 10 | Mr Heath moved into Number Ten , Sir Keith Joseph succeeded Dick Crossman at the Department of Health and Social Security ( as Crossman had succeeded Joseph at Housing and Local Government in 1964 ) , and Mrs Thatcher became the third woman since 1944 to assume responsibility for education . |
| 11 | Thomas Jefferson became the third president in 1801 despite published accusations of his seducing two married women and keeping a slave mistress . |
| 12 | Livingston became the third British athlete after pole vaulter Jeff Gutteridge and shot-putter Neal Brunning to be banned for failing a drugs test . |
| 13 | Of its predecessor , which became the third highest money-making film , actress Mariel Hemingway said : ‘ My lot have seen the movie 20 times at least and they still get a laugh out of it . |
| 14 | It is almost certain to earn more than its original — which became the third biggest grossing movie ever — and looks set to edge out top grossing film Terminator II for opening figures . |
| 15 | STEVE BRUCE became the third player to leave Manchester United 's tour of Norway when he flew home yesterday because of an accident to his seven-year-old son Alex . |
| 16 | IN 1891 , St Cuthbert 's became the third new church to be opened in Bradford in the space of four years . |
| 17 | Having scored 530 ( 75.71 ) against England last winter , Boon became the third Australian , after Don Bradman ( three times ) and Greg Chappell to exceed 500 runs in successive series in Australia . |
| 18 | John Vento became the third white to be sentenced in connection with the Bensonhurst attack , having been convicted of unlawful imprisonment and menacing behaviour , on July 3 , and was on Aug. 14 imprisoned for between 2@2/3 and 8 years . |
| 19 | Mike Moore became Prime Minister of New Zealand on Sept. 4 , after being elected leader of the ruling Labour Party ; he became the third person to hold the post in the space of 13 months . |
| 20 | Lithuania thus became the third Soviet republic to conclude an economic agreement with Bulgaria , following Russia and Byelarus [ see p. 38350 ] . |
| 21 | On Nov. 26 Poland became the third eastern European country after Hungary and Czechoslovakia [ see p. 38503 ] , to join the Council of Europe . |
| 22 | After Ireland and Luxembourg , Greece thus became the third member country to approve the treaty . |
| 23 | En route to Vancouver to start a series of Alaska cruises , Crown Princess became the third Princess Cruises ship to hold the record , paying USS 141,344.97 . |
| 24 | The 36-year-old Tynesider stepped up to the manager 's chair after Frank Gray became the third North-East football boss to lose his job since Christmas . |
| 25 | FRANK Gray became the third North-East managerial casualty since Christmas when he was sacked by Darlington yesterday . |
| 26 | EDINBURGH star Richard Corsie became the third Scot to reach the quarter-finals of the £140,000 Midland Bank world indoor championships yesterday , following in the wake of Graham Robertson and Jimmy McCann . |
| 27 | Andrew , the left-handed elder brother , became the third Zimbabwean Test century-maker with 115 , while Grant made 96 . |
| 28 | He was divorced in 1947 by Margaret Whigham , who subsequently became the third wife of the 11th Duke of Argyll . |
| 29 | That came after Liverpool 's frustration bubbled to the surface when Mike Marsh became the third Anfield star to receive a red card in four European Cup Winners Cup matches this season . |
| 30 | Mike Marsh became the third Anfield star to be shown the red card in successive European Cup Winners ' Cup matches when he was sent off in the closing stages of the defeat against Spartak Moscow on Wednesday . |