Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [art] third time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The launch of the space shuttle Columbia was delayed for the third time since May following the discovery of a fuel leak near its engines . |
| 2 | At this point I could have gone home , foreseeing a frustrating week ahead full of missed takes ; nevertheless after a few words ( all unprintable ) from Rick the cat rod was recast for a third time . |
| 3 | The roadway is closed to traffic by a turnpike , then , underneath a kind of Bridge of Sighs connecting the main block with the buildings attached to the Arch , it is closed again by a set of ornamental gates — and then closed for a third time by another turnpike . |
| 4 | Offered for the third time in its history by Agnew 's is Turner 's ‘ Sunset : a mackerel shoal ’ . |
| 5 | The horn was sounded for a third time , a single blast , long and mournful . |
| 6 | When the words were spoken for the third time , however , the divorce was irrevocable . |
| 7 | Mallender than struck for a third time when Miandad could not resist one which moved away a little , Stewart gloving it with ease : 64 for 3 . |
| 8 | Under headlines such as ‘ Fiend 's third victim ’ ( Daily Mirror ) and ‘ Terror of tape bondage rapist ’ ( Sun ) , it was noted how ‘ a sticky-tape sex-fiend has struck for the third time ’ bringing ‘ terror to a triangle of Hampshire towns ’ . |
| 9 | MEAN-HEARTED thieves have struck for the third time at the Wrexham depot of the Operation Christmas Child charity , stealing a fax machine used to send out vital documents for aid convoys . |
| 10 | He had maintained that position when asked for a third time after being put into an ambulance . |
| 11 | On March 23 the Slovak parliament rejected for the third time a motion proclaiming Slovakia 's sovereignty . |
| 12 | Despite a slick campaign — a precursor of that just ended — Labour lost for the third time in a row , its vote scarcely up on that of 1983 . |
| 13 | By the time the British , the Americans , and the ultimately successful Rifs from North Africa had made their assaults , the monastery was almost completely destroyed for the third time in history . |
| 14 | Yet when Lawrence tried to use it , the camcorder failed for the third time . |