Example sentences of "[adv] take three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would only take three days or so . |
| 2 | The fact that the system cost around £300,000 as compared to a traditional suppliers offer of £2.5 million and only took three months to design , install , train and make fully operational reflects well on the technology — even though the paper itself failed . |
| 3 | I only took three quarters of an hour to get there . |
| 4 | In the centre of the opposite wall was a kitchener grate , with a small compact fire only about 12 inches × 10 inches × 10 inches , which not only kept the room beautifully warm , but also provided heat for a quite sizeable oven on the left and a hob large enough to take three saucepans . |
| 5 | And caretaker boss Barrow said he was a little disappointed at not taking three points ! |
| 6 | This had generally taken three forms , of which the largest was remittances to their families by the large number of Palestinians from the territories working in the Gulf and elsewhere . |
| 7 | And I think just as erm students of education draw , are taught by people from physics and mathematics and erm chemistry , just to take three examples right across the University , so several of us , in fact , do quite a lot of teaching in other areas of the University . |
| 8 | The entire parasitic life cycle usually takes three weeks , but under certain circumstances many of the ingested L3 become arrested in development at the early fourth larval stage ( EL4 ) for periods of up to six months . |
| 9 | For example , suppose that airline pilots are paid far more than their transfer earnings , but that it always takes three pilots ( pilot equivalents ) to fly a plane . |
| 10 | After turning in 37 , he dropped shots at four inward holes , twice more taking three putts . |
| 11 | The journey took only two nights and a day ; previously it had always taken three days , since the train stopped for the night at Dire Dawa and the Awash Station . |
| 12 | To make the trips to Ferdi worthwhile , I usually take three horses up and have lessons one afternoon , stable the night , and have lessons the following morning before travelling home . |
| 13 | ‘ It would probably take three years to prepare a new wicket of first-class standard and once you have lost a county fixture , it 's hard to get it back , ’ he said . |
| 14 | A full game at this level would probably take three days so it 's highly unlikely anyone will bother , but the first four levels take a minute or less and even at Level Seven it only takes five — overall , this is n't a slow program . |
| 15 | But the 25-year-old tour newcomer also took three putts at the seventeenth , spinning out of the hole from three feet , then went into sand at the last thinning his recovery . |
| 16 | Barri Williams 's unbeaten 26 steered Tregaron to a six-wicket win over Aberaeron 2nds ( 64 all out ) , Will Davies and Arwyn Morgan both taking three wickets . |
| 17 | Her back was excruciating and she had also taken three paracetamol . |
| 18 | He claimed it often took three weeks for written details to arrive on his desk . |
| 19 | He must never be left in such a position that he can carry on the habit , he must be made to forget it ; this sometimes takes three months , or longer in the worst cases … |
| 20 | Customs then took three weeks to have a closer look at the booty ( oh yeah ) . |
| 21 | Zimbabwe declared their first innings at 283–9 , 52 behind , then took three wickets before the Kiwis struggled to 187–4 by the close . |
| 22 | Then take three sections of hair from the top of your forehead and start plaiting in the normal way , taking in section of hair from the sides as you go . |
| 23 | Shareholders will be offered the alternative of buying six new shares for every four held , at a price still to be set , or else taking three shares and three bonds carrying warrants making them convertible into shares at a later date . |
| 24 | We 've actually taken three measurement areas . |