Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skipper Conlan made three centuries in the summer league , earning him a first team call-up . |
| 2 | Under other legislation , less formal committees may be set up to enquire into trade disputes , and in the 1960s Lord Devlin produced three reports on the port industry and Lord Cameron reported on a dispute concerning bank employees . |
| 3 | The new type of molecular scissors , called a ‘ minizyme ’ , is a refinement of the ‘ gene shears ’ technique announced three years ago by two scientists at another CSIRO laboratory in Canberra . |
| 4 | The Lions led three times at 6–5 , 9–8 and tantalisingly at 18–17 between the 71st and 79th minutes . |
| 5 | The Lions led three times at 6–5 , 9–8 and tantalisingly at 18–17 between the 71st and 79th minutes . |
| 6 | The Lions led three times , but the Bunce try was complemented by five Fox penalties . |
| 7 | The guardian asked three climbers going down to the village to inform the police , as he was unable to contact them himself since the refuge radio was broken . |
| 8 | I mean , if the cheque bounced three times before your wah-wah pedal went wrong , can you really blame the dealer for being a trifle tardy with the repair … ? |
| 9 | ( It may seem ironical that the initial question of whether the case should go to arbitration or trial involved three hearings — two in the county court and one in the Court of Appeal . ) |
| 10 | In 1316 , however , the southern clergy met three times before they finally capitulated towards the end of the year and authorized the collection of a tenth ; even then , it was to be delivered in two moieties , one in 1317 , the other in 1318 . |
| 11 | Hot sand , ash and rock tumbled three miles down deep gullies towards villages and farms on the lower slopes . |
| 12 | The German fighters made three claims only , Joachim Müncheberg shooting down one Hurricane south-east of the island at 1130 , and a second near St. Paul 's Bay at 1153 , while Fw . |
| 13 | Emilia Frere passed three nights in the bedroom at the Hall before Tom Horrocks professed himself satisfied that all danger was passed and she might return to the Rectory . |
| 14 | A KILLER stabbed three generations of a family to death then started three fires in their home . |
| 15 | The research involved three stages . |
| 16 | William was heard to exclaim as , with their foot beginning to give way , the Jacobite horse charged three times to restore the situation , forcing some of the attackers back into the river . |
| 17 | On Wednesday , hundreds of police backed by armoured cars assaulted three hideouts in Assiut , the southern university town which was one of the birthplaces of the militant el-Gama'a el-Islamiya ( Islamic Group ) and scene of a militant uprising in 1981 . |
| 18 | EVERTON match-winner Paul Rideout singled out comeback star Ian Snodin as the man who could spark an Everton revival after the Goodison side snatched three points at Nottingham Forest for the first time in ten years . |
| 19 | Then he lifted his arm and brought it down , hard and fast , and suddenly from behind the cars rose three freedom fighters in terrorist gear , black berets at an angle over their brows , black tracksuits , lace-up boots on their long shins , bandoliers slung oblique , rifles in one hand . |
| 20 | To the left of this ; Steve Whitall and Dave Rolls added three bolts and claimed Easy Rider , HVS 5a. also added Chestnut Mare , E4 6b up the buttress left of Plunger . |
| 21 | On 4 Jul 66 the Royal Australian Air Force ordered three aircraft , and most important of all on 28 Feb 67 the Business Jets Division of Pan Am increased their firm orders to 160 . |
| 22 | WORRIED mum Pamela Pilbro spent three weeks searching for her 20-year-old son Philip — unaware that his decomposing body was hanging from rafters in the attic . |
| 23 | Taiwan signed three documents and issued a joint statement with the Chinese . |
| 24 | The scheme is an adaptation of an idea that the Japan Electronic Machinery Industry Association developed three years ago to guide ambulances and rescue vehicles through cities . |
| 25 | North Korean Prime Minister Yon Hyong Muk and his South Korean counterpart Chung Won Shik signed three agreements — on non-aggression , reconciliation and exchange — which were designed to facilitate the implementation of the inter-Korean reconciliation pact signed in late 1991 [ see pp. 38659-60 ] . |
| 26 | Pakistan fielded three substitutes as England began their tantalising chase against the three Ws : Wasim , Waqar and the weather , which remained changeable . |
| 27 | The new bill provided for a rate of 31 per cent for both groups , and as a result established three income tax rates of 15 , 28 , and 31 per cent . |
| 28 | Mr Don Steele , spokesman for Action on Alcohol Abuse , said the book tried to revive arguments that the industry lost three years ago . |
| 29 | In addition , the coalition included three independents . |
| 30 | From Loch Ness in 1982 our collection of animals included three char , at 220 m . |