Example sentences of "three [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look , there 's three minutes to go before the news . |
| 2 | Quine uses these three inputs to argue against the notion of individual non-observation sentences having a separate meaning all their own . |
| 3 | THERE IS nothing particularly difficult about Creag Meagaidh , unless it comes up in a spelling test , yet it took me three attempts to get to the top of the damned thing . |
| 4 | You could feel the dismay amongst the Leeds players and their fans as it thundered past John Lukic and into the back of the net , leaving them searching for three goals to progress in the competition . |
| 5 | Their mission complete the men divided into three parties to march to the coast , where it was planned that a submarine would pick them up . |
| 6 | Lamb said : ‘ There is still three weeks to go before the team leaves and we will monitor events very carefully between now and then . |
| 7 | It was estimated that it would take them two to three weeks to get to the Falklands and therefore , theoretically , the decision could be rescinded if there were some kind of diplomatic breakthrough . |
| 8 | The South Africans will have only three days to acclimatise before the opening one-day match at Sabina Park next Tuesday . |
| 9 | no , no , my Lord I have three applications to make in the light of the evidence given by Mr yesterday and this witness today , er the first is this in terms of this witnesses evidence , I do n't know whether your Lordship appreciated it , but I certainly did in terms of evidence , that in cases of some brochures there were a number of editions , in other words first , second and maybe third edition |
| 10 | More than £500 was collected during the day and the Minehead Ladies ' guild was one of three charities to benefit from the collection . |
| 11 | Even though they still have three years to go before the BIS deadline , Japan 's five leading city banks ( Dai-Ichi Kangyo , Sumitomo , Fuji , Mitsubishi and Sanwa ) have all cleared the 8% hurdle . |
| 12 | Danie Visser took the opportunity of his selection to South Africa 's first Davis Cup team to be announced since 1978 , to protest that they have been placed in the bottom Group , so that it will take them at least three years to qualify for the World Group . |
| 13 | But with three Tests to follow in the Republic Kapil should be on the verge of the record by the time England arrive in India after Christmas . |
| 14 | ‘ Oase ’ , one of three posters to play on the signature initial of the brand name , was part of the first stage of the new campaign which significantly improved Asbach 's performance in the second half of the year |
| 15 | Selina had three paperbacks to add to the shelves , A to Z , Common Legal Problems and The Guide to Married Loving . |