Example sentences of "[be] [prep] three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been through three names already . |
| 2 | I ferried and drove to Great Neck one weekend to see Maggie , an old friend from the Sixties , who 'd been through three husbands and several transformations since we 'd first been King 's Road freaks together . |
| 3 | Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago . |
| 4 | You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days . |
| 5 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 6 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 7 | I have n't been for three years . |
| 8 | Most are for three months or less , right down to over-night or at call . |
| 9 | Most placements of agency secretarial/office staff are for a period as short as two weeks or less , albeit subject to extension , but the assignments advertised for computer staff are of three months , or more often six months and sometimes one year or even two year duration , again subject to extension . |
| 10 | Large groups of dolphins are mixed in age and sex , but smaller groups generally are of three types : a nuclear group , comprising a single adult male and female ; a nursery group , with a number of adult females and young ; and a bachelor group , with adult and young males . |
| 11 | These are of three types : soya-based formula , such as Wysoy , Formula S , Prosobee or Isomil , comminuted chicken formula such as Chix , and hydrolysed formula or hydrolysate , such as Pregestimil or Nutramigen . |
| 12 | These plate margins are of three types : ( 1 ) divergent , where crustal material moves apart , under the oceans by a process known as sea-floor spreading ; ( 2 ) convergent , where one plate plunges down into the underlying mantle ( also known as subduction zones ) ; ( 3 ) transform faults , where one plate slides laterally with respect to its neighbour , crust being here neither created ( 1 ) nor destroyed ( 2 ) ( Fig. 18.1 ) . |
| 13 | Mixed-motive officials are of three types : ( a ) zealots — they are especially obsessive about particular pet policies even though no one else may share their enthusiasm and although it may be detrimental to the organisation as a whole ; ( b ) advocates — concerned with getting things done and loyal to a broader set of policies ; ( c ) statesmen — concerned with the good of the state or society as a whole . |
| 14 | Bills of exchange are of three types : Treasury bills , local authority bills and commercial bills . |
| 15 | We have seen that the main differences between consonants are of three types : |
| 16 | Neurones are of three kinds : in sensory neurones the dendrites make contact with a sensory cell , such as a hair cell in the ear or a light-sensitive cell in the retina ; in motor neurones , the axons make contact with a muscle fibre ; finally , most neurones in the brain make contact only with other neurones . |
| 17 | The decisions involved are of three kinds : |
| 18 | You 're on three days are you , or what ? |
| 19 | On Dec. 21 , 1989 , exactly a year after the Lockerbie bombing [ see pp. 26409-10 ] , a Palestinian identified as a suspect in the crime was given a life sentence by a court in Uppsala , Sweden , having been with three others with terrorist offences in Sweden , Denmark and the Netherlands in 1985-86 [ see p. 37137 ] . |
| 20 | Leeds have been up three days ago . |
| 21 | Because of an appalling clash of dates , the fixtures are within three days of each other and to make matters worse , Dundalk is scheduled for Thursday . |
| 22 | After I 'd been in three years , I got married . |
| 23 | These sheets are in three sections and I 'm now about two-thirds of the way through the first one . ’ |
| 24 | The five quartets on the first CD ( K155–9 ) are in three movements , the others in four . |
| 25 | The façades are in three stages in black and white marble , surmounted by a low roof and lantern . |
| 26 | ‘ The qualifying trials are in three weeks ’ time — the day after my wretched exams , would you believe ? |
| 27 | It began : ‘ I can imagine a wise and well-informed man , quite aloof from any political party , saying to our little gathering : ‘ The Country and the Empire are in three tangles , which the ordinary process of disputation followed by a General Election in this country can not unravel . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Bland said that if LWT manages to retain its franchise , the new shares will be worth three times as much as they are now . |
| 29 | Hell Hound on my Trail is given E4 5c and is said to be worth three stars . |
| 30 | They might have been like this for three centuries , and could be for three centuries more . |