Example sentences of "three [noun pl] from the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flowering shoots of winter jasmine , J. nudiflorum , should be cut back to within two or three buds from the main stem , while the oldest stems on honeysuckle should be cut back close to the base . |
| 2 | I summarise below three meetings from the past year . |
| 3 | And the tall central defender , one of three survivors from the famous treble winning team of 1988–89 , has set his colleagues a remarkable target if the League pennant is to flutter over Brandywell next season . |
| 4 | Three gamekeepers from the next-door estate arrived , one muttering that he had had only one bite at his Marmite sandwich when the alarm came . |
| 5 | Nicola 's face , at the open window , was no more than three feet from the other woman 's . |
| 6 | Expanded by three tracks from the original edition — including a brilliant trot through ‘ Aladdin Sane 's Time ’ — ‘ David Live ’ is a bit floppy in places in the manner of many live doubles , but it 's still a loveable artefact . |
| 7 | Expanded by three tracks from the original edition — including a brilliant trot through ‘ Aladdin Sane 's Time ’ — ‘ David Live ’ is a bit floppy in places in the manner of many live doubles , but it 's still a loveable artefact . |
| 8 | And £3.5m has been provided in the past three years from the Social Fund to help the young and long-term unemployed . |
| 9 | Three officers from the serious fraud squad were involved in the search . |
| 10 | Three sows from the same litter added more honours to the school 's trophy list of rosettes , and plaques , alongside Gladstone 's Championship cup . |
| 11 | Two of the three relegations from the First Division had already been determined , but the third relegation was still in contention . |
| 12 | Faldo carved just three birdies from the unforgiving terrain but only three bogeys blemished his card . |
| 13 | On 25 August , he withdrew three divisions from the Third Army to support Auffenberg 's right flank , in the hope of winning a decisive victory . |
| 14 | A driver has been remanded on bail after three women from the same family were knocked down and killed on their way home from a funeral . |
| 15 | The inquests into the deaths of three women from the same family have been opened and adjourned . |
| 16 | Move the second transfer tool from the right to the left and slide the three stitches from the right tool into the empty needle hooks at left . |
| 17 | Now transfer the three stitches from the left tool to the three empty needles at the right . |
| 18 | The first is that three nuns from the same order work in the largest of the villages , Kormakiti , and so we provide a useful link . |
| 19 | As soon as he sets foot on the elaborate stairway which rises three floors from the dark hall , itself leading off a gloomy cobbled courtyard , he has the feeling that he is leaving for a blessed hour or two his insubstantial world . |
| 20 | Sparky , the youngest of three deserters from the Victorian army , flees his comrades when he falls in love , but is killed in a fight . |
| 21 | There was no question of her being able to haunt the environs of Mayfield Cottage , as it was down a dead end lane three miles from the nearest village . |
| 22 | No Man 's Land Fort , now renovated with a luxurious interior where cannons once stood , is three miles from the nearest port . |
| 23 | A former school for children with severe learning difficulties , a single-storey building three miles from the main site , therefore became a college annexe . |
| 24 | The picrite basalts show a broad positive correlation between γ Os and Nd which improves if the three samples from the Gomakwe area are considered separately , and may even represent two discrete correlations . |