Example sentences of "or three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | And er then I would see the two two or three cleaners coming out and going on to the coach and cleaning them , and I would say to them , What are they for ? |
2 | As Table 2.1 shows the degree of dependence for small firms increases substantially when we recognize that for many of them the bulk of their orders come from a narrow range of just two or three customers . |
3 | Alternatively , if there are differences between Ministers , these can often be resolved by a meeting of two or three Ministers , if need be under the chairmanship of a Minister-without-Portfolio . |
4 | Komeda Torao , Jiho of the third rank , was the most blunt : ‘ If in the past [ Your Majesty ] had shown as much care for politics as he had passion for horsemanship , no such criticism from the public as ‘ politics by two or three Ministers ' would have occurred . ’ |
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6 | Komeda Torao , Jiho of the third rank , was the most blunt : ‘ If in the past [ Your Majesty ] had shown as much care for politics as he had passion for horsemanship , no such criticism from the public as ‘ politics by two or three Ministers ' would have occurred . ’ |
7 | Experience had shown early on in the war that a trench line defended by two or three belts of uncut wire ( this rose to as many as 18 in some sensitive sectors ) held up an infantry attack . |
8 | Coincident with the arrival of the Arctic terns , swarms of young saithe ( called sillocks in Shetland ) , only two or three centimetres in length , appear close inshore . |
9 | Now , after two or three treatments , his coordination has improved and he is also doing much better at school . |
10 | Oh , very happy memories really , we erm we had two or three masters from , erm one was the Sunday School superintendent , again this chapel and the son-in-law of the headmaster of Street , George Edward , , as he 's known to thousands . |
11 | This strung shotting technique often requires you to fish two or three feet overdepth . |
12 | At the bottom of the garden , under the cherry trees , Isabel saw the low mound of earth , below which , two or three feet below , was the cardboard box , containing Faith 's pieces of jewellery . |
13 | It had no practical need to reach down further than the drought level of the river which had to leave a gap of at least two or three feet . |
14 | Use the graft for the first two or three feet ( 60 to 90 centimetres ) of the hole and thereafter use the long spade . |
15 | Within parish churches the use of coffin stools were , in some areas , being overtaken by the bier and the custom of issuing mourners with wax tapers — slender candles some two or three feet in length and between half and 1&1/2 inches in diameter — was already in decline , not to be reintroduced until the late sixteenth century when they reappeared in their new capacity as flambeaus for night-time funerals ; in the eighteenth century a more elaborate form of triple candle , twisted to resemble a three-branched candlestick and very much like the Candlemas candle once used in the Roman Rite , was carried by one of the undertaker 's men proceeding the cortège . |
16 | When I saw him , he was two or three feet from the students presenting their project . |
17 | It was in fact the little river Enborne , twelve to fifteen feet wide and at this time of year two or three feet deep with spring rain , but to the rabbits it seemed immense , such a river as they had never imagined . |
18 | It has collected into a huge ball , two or three feet across . |
19 | Two or three feet away , standing by the entrance to the waxworks , were the figures of Laurel and Hardy . |
20 | Julie walked quickly , keeping within two or three feet of Donna . |
21 | When he was not writing or smoking , Bob noticed , he sat absolutely still , so still that the ribbon of smoke from his cigarette hung almost undisturbed for two or three feet above his hand . |
22 | These will be large embanked areas , only half to one metre ( two or three feet ) above the road in most cases , with rounded corners and perhaps slightly hollowed centres . |
23 | As it is only about two or three feet wide , this is a little demanding on the imagination . |
24 | ‘ In any case , if someone is determined to go in the sea , for whatever reason , they can just hop over the wall , which is only two or three feet high . |
25 | Oh yes , his cha yes the the size changed , I corrected the size on it , alright , your two or three feet is where they corrected and my pencil figure is the correct figure in those cases . |
26 | Two or three feet ? |
27 | We plan four or five new productions a year — there 's no chance for people to say bad things , because they have to show extremely high professionalism to be able to on stage very often , to learn fast , to be prepared to replace a colleague ’ — there are two or three casts for everything , even Khovanshchina — ‘ and to spend time with the company . ’ |
28 | From the healthiest plant you have that is not adjacent to a tomato of a different variety , leave two or three fruits on the second or third truss until very ripe . |
29 | There was a short , coloured tapestry on the wall depicting Simeon greeting the baby Jesus , two or three chests , a table , one high-backed chair , some stools and a cupboard with a heavy oak frontal pushed open . |
30 | Snowdrops , Roman hyacinths ( which have smaller , more open flower heads and two or three stems per bulb ) , Iris reticulata and Iris danfordiae can be followed in flowering sequence by scillas , chionodoxas and muscari . |