Example sentences of "about three and [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A different expression of a roughly similar tendency can be seen in the fact that the total production of books in Russia during the years 1762–1800 was about three and a half times that in the entire period from the introduction of printing down to 1761 . |
| 2 | By 1736 the population of the town of Sheffield stood at 10,121 , which was about three and a half times higher than it had been a couple of generations earlier in 1672 . |
| 3 | Put in a fireproof dish eight carrots cut in round pieces , about half an inch thick , half a dozen small onions , parsley , salt and pepper and a rasher of bacon cut in small pieces , add a tablespoon of water , cover the dish and cook on a slow fire for about three and a half hours . |
| 4 | We would have about three and a half hours in Swansea , an excellent shopping centre . |
| 5 | if you come back on the one before you 've only got about three and a half hours so you 've got four hours on the ferry , three and a half there and then four hours back again have n't you ? |
| 6 | But it 's gon na take us , I mean , what Gatwick took us about three and a half hours did n't it ? |
| 7 | I was there for about three and a half years . |
| 8 | However , he took evening classes in some subjects , and started part-time work about three and a half years after the accident . |
| 9 | It 's about three and a half years . |