Example sentences of "[adv] had three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A long-time friend of the family , Mr Ray Whittaker , 62 , a council worker who lives nearby , said : ‘ Peter and Joan only had three children and have nearly lost them all . ’ |
| 2 | COLIN STOKES , the SCRIMLEY ARSENAL goalkeeper once owned a dog that only had three legs ! |
| 3 | We only had three Sisters , about eight staff nurses , a few ward orderlies and fortunately eight doctors were within call . |
| 4 | After that we became disinterested in each other and I only had three weeks to the deadline , a last-minute decision to make , but I suppose I 'm one of the lucky ones because my parents were behind me all the way . |
| 5 | Yeah well we , for Queensferry we just had three classes . |
| 6 | The railway already had three Hunslet built diesel locomotives with a fourth due to be delivered shortly . |
| 7 | He still had three hours outstanding of a community service order for another offence . |
| 8 | I always had three meals a day and cigarettes and things bought for me . |
| 9 | ‘ One is frequently hit by birds , ’ mused Douglas Sutherland , author of The Good Shooting Guide , who himself once had three ribs broken by a falling grouse ( Daily Mirror , 1 January 1988 ; Daily Express , Sun , Daily Telegraph , 19 November 1991 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Uncle Elias went immediately to the secret room and took out a box which also had three Ks on it . |
| 11 | She also had three penalty points endorsed on her licence and was ordered to pay £15 towards prosecution costs . |
| 12 | To help I now had three rucsacs on my back . |
| 13 | The trip home must have been hazardous for Mars alone had suffered 72 hits , leaving 29 of her complement dead and 85 wounded , and she now had three feet [ 0.9 m ] of water in her hold . |
| 14 | I did one exam before I went up , then had three years at Oxford with just the final exams at the end . |
| 15 | The master who went abroad had three servants , each of whom had a certain amount of ability . |
| 16 | Following the precedent set last year , we again had three reunions at the Royal Lancaster Hotel . |
| 17 | Never had three Wren ratings moved with such swiftness , drawn by the tantalizing promise of hot tea . |
| 18 | He too had three penalty points put on his licence and was ordered to pay £15 towards the prosecution costs . |