Example sentences of "three [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often these gloves were dipped in a mixture of glue and ground glass to produce terrifying results Almost one in three fights ended in the death of one of the competitors . |
| 2 | A black female cat sat on the floor while her three kittens squealed in the bath , said Mr Owens . |
| 3 | Three fingers whispered against the skin in the V of her blouse , reaching inside to move within the lace edge of her bra , pushing beneath the confinement of it with greater insistence , hot now and seeking more intimacy than that first feather-light touch had allowed . |
| 4 | The other three pairs came from the trees and down the sloping fields in complete silence . |
| 5 | Three guards ran into the room with their big guns and stood in front of Gog . |
| 6 | Three seeds fell in the women 's event . |
| 7 | As soon as the election was completed and announced in the words " St Peter elects Lothar pope " , three doves flew into the place where the cardinals were assembled and when Lothar was singled out from the others the whitest of them settled on his right shoulder . |
| 8 | Up to three grenades exploded in the House of Representatives on July 10 , two hours before a memorial service for opposition leader Marc Atti Depe , who had been killed during the attack on Olympio . |
| 9 | McGowan 's three tries came in the opening 32 minutes , the best being his second , cleverly made after slick passing between Fox and Kiwi full-back Dave Watson , who showed surprising fitness on his return after a three-month ban for drug abuse . |
| 10 | Three geese waddled across the road . |
| 11 | There are two or three things said by the judge which we 'll be examining |
| 12 | The three officers peered down the hill into the darkness of Wiltshire Lane and wished they could get in there and get it over with . |
| 13 | The three figures crept up the hill softly . |
| 14 | Three schoolmasters lived in the house : one taught Latin , one mathematics and one music . |
| 15 | Thirty three patients died during the course of the study , the causes of death being shown in Table III . |
| 16 | Three patients died during the hospital stay because of diseases unrelated to Dieulafoy 's disease ( pulmonary embolism , septicaemia , and pneumonia with multiorgan failure ) . |
| 17 | Though Dr Runcie and his party could not take Holy Communion at the papal mass , he had earlier celebrated the eucharist at the Anglican church in Rome after three demonstrators rose from the congregation as he ascended the pulpit ; the visit has been dogged by protests from supporters of the Rev Ian Paisley . |
| 18 | Three girls came into the line of fire , each wearing a student nurse 's uniform , walking quickly , but gossiping as they went , and laughing , their heads constantly turning to whichever of them took up the conversation . |
| 19 | A little while later three girls arrived on the scene , two blondes and a redhead . |
| 20 | The dial had a painted face that showed a scene of rural bliss at sunset : a family sitting outside their thatched cottage while three children gambolled on the grass . |
| 21 | The three children sat round the table and discussed how they were to spend the day . |
| 22 | CRACK ! as three gunshots came from the woods . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know why they bother to have gates at this school , ’ remarked Mildred , as another three pupils soared over the wall on their brooms . |
| 24 | The Escherichia coli enzyme R· Eco K is comprised of three subunits encoded by the genes hsdR , hsdM and hsdS . |
| 25 | Inside the shrine three men sat around the fire . |
| 26 | Normally three men travelled in the jeep although it was more comfortable with only two . |
| 27 | Three men stood in the entrance of the courtyard , waving sticks . |
| 28 | Three employees slogged around the streets of the capital in the London Marathon , and raised hundreds of pounds for charity . |
| 29 | The seas swamped their boats , and all three boatcrews perished in the waters , their lifeless bodies being washed ashore the next morning . |
| 30 | The Middle East International of Jan. 24 reported that three guerrillas died in the raid , and also that Israeli rockets hit a nearby shanty town killing at least nine women and children . |