Example sentences of "[noun] had three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | last time Dennis had three subsections working for him and he 's got the equivalent of two now |
| 2 | Iorwerth had three bowmen with him in the rear , to ensure that once the party entered the wood they should not turn and leave it again . |
| 3 | The five finalists had three hours to produce their creations for a jury of 12 gastronomic chroniclers ( as French food-writers entitle themselves ) and ‘ mères ’ . |
| 4 | Without the information contained in the parish register , one might reasonably suppose that Joseph and Ann had three children , who were each to receive only a shilling unless Ann remarried , upon which occasion they would inherit the entire estate . |
| 5 | Porua had three cars . |
| 6 | Bridge moved up a place at the weekend to fourth from bottom , without playing a game , as Bedlington had three points deducted for playing an ineligible player , and so swapped places with the Darlington club . |
| 7 | The first committee had three members from Glenties , two from Ardara , three from Lettermacaward and one from Raphoe . |
| 8 | Selina had three paperbacks to add to the shelves , A to Z , Common Legal Problems and The Guide to Married Loving . |
| 9 | By contrast , the visitors had three efforts on goal in the 90 minutes . |
| 10 | Moses had three sons : Abraham , who returned to London in 1252 or early 1253 but died in 1255 ; Isaac , who converted to Christianity in 1253 after being accused of coin-clipping ; and Eliab ( Jurnet ) , who was also dead by 1255 . |
| 11 | Right a trireme a Greek warship had three layers did n't it ? |
| 12 | The plan had three parts . |
| 13 | Celtic had three players booked in the first 20 minutes to illustrate just how fired up they were . |
| 14 | Gaveston had his spies everywhere and the common jest was true , England had three kings ; old Edward , his son and Gaveston . |
| 15 | The main mill had three water wheels and Spring Mill a single 20 foot wheel . |
| 16 | The Exeter canal had three locks of this type . |
| 17 | Stabler had three chances to put West Hartlepool ahead with penalty kicks but failed , though one struck an upright . |
| 18 | This move had three objects : to complete the education of our two younger children , Fiona at Fettes ( where my old Highfield playmate Inky Chenevix-Trench was now headmaster ) and Alastair at the Edinburgh Academy ; to have Moira 's mother who was living alone in an Edinburgh flat and becoming increasingly tottery to live with us ; and to own property once again and so benefit from its ever-increasing rise in value . |
| 19 | The product had three elements . |
| 20 | and his room had three windows erm and I , mine only had two |
| 21 | His hotel room had three beds , and for a few days he shared it with two German boys , students , who had enormous rucksacks and bulky guidebooks , and who were eager for Tim to go round with them . |
| 22 | At the time of the alleged fraud , MPL had three directors Peter Gough , current chairman John Harris and Alan Moore . |
| 23 | It had three big red plush armchairs , and the table against the wall had three dining chairs with plush seats as well . |
| 24 | He felt that the concept had three meanings . |
| 25 | The borrower had three ways of repaying his loan , either starting at once , in three months or nine months time . |
| 26 | He and his wife had three sons , all of whom became railway engineers , and one daughter . |
| 27 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 28 | From various other coins we can see that the pediment had three openings or windows and was decorated with four sculptural figures below a central Medusa head at the apex . |
| 29 | The apple had three bites out of it . |
| 30 | Some original Firebirds had three pickups , but only a three-way switch ; as well as master volume and tone controls , the 555 links its pickups to a five-way slider switch for extra variation . |