Example sentences of "[vb pp] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never slept much before combat ; that was why he had caught three hours ' rest during the afternoon . |
| 2 | A chases B. When B is caught , s/he freezes , eyes closed , counts to 5 , then chases A. The game continues for as long as you want — or to a pre-set time limit , or when somebody is caught three times , for example . |
| 3 | He pointed out that the army version of the shooting prompted the questions : Why , if the army believed that it had caught three terrorists , did it let all of them escape ? |
| 4 | Having owned three Citroens and a Renault , I am greatly impressed with the quality of French cars . |
| 5 | A WOMAN aged 63 underwent plastic surgery yesterday after her face was slashed three times in an apparently motiveless attack . |
| 6 | A man who had a vital operation cancelled three times has finally had his surgery … |
| 7 | This was cancelled three times because of her worsening state . |
| 8 | THE BRILLIANT CORNERS have added three dates to their tour , at Birmingham St Annes Centre on November 15 , Bath Pavilion ( with The Moonflowers ) 22 and Harrogate ( venue tbc ) 29 . |
| 9 | THE BRILLIANT CORNERS have added three dates to their tour , at Birmingham St Annes Centre on November 15 , Bath Pavilion ( with The Moonflowers ) 22 and Harrogate ( venue tbc ) 29 . |
| 10 | By half-time Richmond were sure of the victory they needed to clinch promotion , and Livesey had added three conversions and two penalty goals . |
| 11 | And the column has come three times , each time in the late afternoon . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've come three weeks early so that we can get in plenty of training , plus the three warm-up games . |
| 13 | I 'd dropped three stitches . |
| 14 | His 34 , though , was the best score of the day ( and he was dropped three times , at 17 , 19 and 25 ) as India declined to 135 for 5 ( Tendulkar 31 , nightwatchman Ruju 1 ) by the close , with the fiery Hughes taking three wickets . |
| 15 | Earlier former Wales international David Jones rolled back the years with a top score 61 , riding his luck after being dropped three times . |
| 16 | Unless she 's took three quarters of turkey back . |
| 17 | If there is rivalry between the firms it is forgotten three times a year when Stuart Johnstone , of Smiths , organises a get together of Glasgow booksellers and reps . |
| 18 | It 's had the handle repaired three times . |
| 19 | So far we have considered three ways of sampling directly from a given population , but it may be thought that this direct method has dangers attached . |
| 20 | His problems were solved three years later when he was again headhunted , this time to join TI . |
| 21 | erm But erm hopefully we 'll be taking three coach loads down erm we 've booked three coaches and erm a lot of cars and a lot of supporters , not only from the club but erm from around the county . |
| 22 | See the minister , priest or rabbi to book the big day ( register office weddings can only be booked three months in advance ) |
| 23 | Israeli warplanes have attacked three sites in eastern Lebanon to avenge a bomb attack on soldiers for which the pro-Iranian Hezbollah has claimed responsibility . |
| 24 | So by the end of the day you 's probably earned three shillings on the local market . |
| 25 | During the early part of World War Two , the Air Ministry had targeted three areas which required special attention . |
| 26 | Annabel has already telephoned three times , but I 've asked her not to call again , in case she disturbs a treatment . |
| 27 | Altogether the beach group occupied three tables close to Rain and Oliver . |
| 28 | They had occupied three weeks of my life and the whole of my workshop , but here they seemed very small . |
| 29 | Below the main array a full-width sub-panel carries the rotary fuel selector ( fuel is carried three underbelly tanks with triple fillers neatly recessed in a panel just behind the door on the left side of the fuselage and accessible from the floats ) , switches for magnetos , generator , fuel pumps and all the other electrical equipment . |
| 30 | And they may be torn three ways , between the practical direction they are getting in the school , the advice they are being given in college and by their teaching practice tutor , and their own developing sense of the kind of teacher they would or would not like to become . |