Example sentences of "the third time [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
| 2 | He did that again three times on the way , and after the third time he was barely stumbling along , dragging the rifle . |
| 3 | The third time he was eight days in an open boat before they picked him up , near dying of exposure , and his nerve gone . |
| 4 | A master who freed a slave could take back his freedom three times in succession ; after the third time it was assumed that the judgement of the master could no longer be trusted . |
| 5 | When she became pregnant for the third time she was given an amniocentesis , the only form of testing available at that time . |