Example sentences of "it be [art] third time " in BNC.

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1 It 's the third time PC Holt has been assaulted .
2 It 's the third time in 2 years his house has been raided and the second in the space of a week .
3 It 's the third time in a year Johnson has escaped — his last breakout was from Maidstone Prison .
4 It 's the third time this year that the boy 's been to stay with his grandparents — and social services hope another fortnight will do him good .
5 It 's the third time he 's been a UK finalist .
6 It is the third time in four weeks that Colchester ladies have won team medals .
7 It was the third time in three weeks that such ugly scenes had been witnessed at London grounds .
8 It was the third time in eight games that the margin of victory had been just two runs .
9 It was the third time Hillman has been sent off in his career and having been suspended for 20 weeks for his last offence , can expect a lengthy suspension for his latest misdemeanour .
10 It was the third time the hospital had applied for a government grant for the unit .
11 It was the third time in recent years that a county match had been completed inside an August day at Old Trafford .
12 It was the third time he had proposed this .
13 As the shop manager pointed out , it was the third time that month she 'd been late for work , and if they had n't needed her to turn up on time , they would n't have hired her in the first place .
14 And it was not only because it was the third time I had heard precisely how that acrobatic quartet achieved congress .
15 After all , it was the third time the police had visited him in as many days .
16 It was the third time the boy had tried to get past him , and , as before , he seemed surprised by the old man 's quickness ; shocked that , whichever way he moved , Tuan Ti Fo was there , blocking his way .
17 It was the third time she had failed to agree with his criticism and offered a compensating compliment .
18 It was the third time .
19 It was the third time since the Temple Mount killings in October that the United States had declined to use its veto against a Security Council resolution harshly critical of Israel [ see pp. 37759-60 ] .
20 It was the third time proposals to introduce VAT had been turned down .
21 Especially if he spotted that it was the third time , for Miss Postlethwaite and me . ’
22 It was the third time Henry had tried the drug .
23 It was the third time in five years the council had considered a motion to ban hunting .
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