Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I have three steak pies please . |
| 2 | Can I reserve three tickets ? ’ |
| 3 | Why do I pick three pound sixty or three hundred and sixty pennies ? |
| 4 | If you have the temerity you can go to any club anywhere , pick up a round and spend three hours — did I say three hours ? — with people you 've never met before and who have no idea who you are . |
| 5 | We 'll make them spin three pounds instead of two |
| 6 | Then next for the Spinner we shall ensue , We 'll make them spin three pound instead of two ; When they bring home their work unto us , they complain , And say that their wages will not them maintain ; But if that an ounce of weight they do lack , Then for to bate threepence we will not be slack . |
| 7 | Tom 's very superstitious and he used to make me carry three tees in my pocket . |
| 8 | Yes she keep , goes on and do you know three times a day that poor dog walks |
| 9 | Why would you need three years to make a record ? |
| 10 | So why did you bring three tubes of toothpaste with you ? |
| 11 | Could you differentiate three X ? |
| 12 | how the hell do you have three nipples ? |
| 13 | Listen to what they say — maybe some place coming free soon , maybe some place they could have let you have three months back but it went to someone else . |
| 14 | Do you put three Hail Marys on to the Rosary for it ? ’ |
| 15 | Question : How do you get three Ladas into a forty foot container ? |
| 16 | How can you pick three people from 12 , when everyone of them is excellent . |
| 17 | So how would you , how would you find three quarters of twenty ? |
| 18 | Oh so do we want three weeks in France ? |
| 19 | Well , do we need three speakers ? erm |
| 20 | Shall we say three weeks ? |
| 21 | Let me mention three things very briefly this morning . |
| 22 | Greenside experts saw him miss three birdie opportunities , from six , 10 and 15 feet . |
| 23 | The Aston Villa midfielder has been troubled by a hamstring injury which saw him miss three FA Carling Premiership games but is confident of playing in the Group Three qualifier tomorrow . |
| 24 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 25 | No but I mean why did it take three hours to get him to surgery ? |
| 26 | But why , and the people of this district have a legitimate right to ask , why did it take three people to represent in Czechoslovakia ? |
| 27 | Weaver had a Council flat , but let it go three months back . |
| 28 | Her confessor having ordered her to use an ordinary discipline and leave off her iron chain , she made it knot three rows and wore it round her body … |
| 29 | Why does it say three disks . |
| 30 | Let us study three birds which are very different in anatomy and lifestyle . |