The phrase "a third day before" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you are referring to a specific day that is three days prior to a certain event or date, but it is not a common expression.
Example: "We need to finalize the report a third day before the presentation."
Alternatives: "three days prior" or "three days before".
It was demolished in three days at Lord's and owed its survival into a fifth day before losing by an innings at Chester-le-Street to a whole day's rainout.
As he ended a fourth day before the Navy's court of inquiry at the Pearl Harbor Naval Station here, the investigator, Rear Adm. Charles H. Griffiths, acknowledged that he had uncovered no evidence that Commander Waddle had ignored warnings of a collision or otherwise acted negligently.
In Florida last year a law was also passed that limited early voting, which begins begins 10 days before an election and ends on the third day before any state or federal election.
The system is intended to enable two astronauts, exploring with an unpressurized rover, to remove their space suits for an 8-h rest away from the lunar base and then conduct a second day of surface exploration before returning to base.
Yes, so I'll do that before a first day of filming.
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired barrages of rockets at Israel for a second day on Wednesday, escalating tensions before a six-month truce is due to expire on Friday.
The New Yorker, December 24 , 1960 P. 18Overheard at a bus stop on the ninth-day-before Christmas, "Well, I've got everything now except that logging cap for Grandfather".
By Fred Packard and St. Clair McKelway The New Yorker, December 24 , 1960 P. 18Overheard at a bus stop on the ninth-day-before Christmas, "Well, I've got everything now except that logging cap for Grandfather".
They discussed Mr. Malvo's background, saying he was born in Jamaica and raised as a Seventh-day Adventist before he converted to what Michael S. Arif, a third lawyer for Mr. Malvo, described as "a unique blend of someone else's conception of Islam".
