Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council 's policy and finance subcommittee meets on Wednesday to consider a 10pc increase the firs t review for three years . |
| 2 | And the figures would have been higher still , but for a smaller rise in car offences which account for three quarters of all reported crimes . |
| 3 | Add 300ml ( ½ pint ) cider to the pan , cover and cook for three minutes . |
| 4 | Follow waymarks ( slightly left and downhill ) to stile , and descend through three fields to waymarked stiles below and slightly left . |
| 5 | Wash , salt , and marinade for three days . |
| 6 | It 's up to thee months , I say after three months no good taking anything at all because you 'd never lose it , not after three months . |
| 7 | There 's a Danish proverb , you know , that states that fish and guests smell after three days and er we all know the visits which have begun so successfully from friends and relatives , it need n't be Christmas , it could be at any time of the year , which are often ruined by people lingering on well past their sell-by date . |
| 8 | Yes , there 's a er favourite proverb of mine , a Danish proverb , that says er fish and guests smell after three days , and I think |
| 9 | He gets eight hours sleep in three minutes . |
| 10 | The significant fact here is that Horace has his metre-bound say in three words ; of the renderings quoted , only one is as brief ( Leishman ) , the others running from five words ( Raffel ) to eight words ( Housman ) . |
| 11 | External anal sphincter function was investigated by : ( 1 ) the threshold of external anal sphincter contraction ( smallest volume of rectal distension causing a phasic sphincter contraction of at least 3 mm Hg ) , ( 2 ) maximum voluntary contraction ( mean of three trials of maximum voluntary squeezing lasting for five seconds ) , and ( 3 ) squeeze duration ( length of time during which each subject could voluntarily keep a pressure rise of 10 mm Hg in the lower anal canal balloon , mean of three trials ) . |
| 12 | If you stop for three months , I 'll give you £100 ’ — a lot of money in those days , 1948 — £1,000 now ? £2,500 ? — anyway . |
| 13 | We both count for three seconds , maintaining the formation … one thousand and one , one thousand and two , one thousand and three … then he banks hard over left in a 4g turn . |
| 14 | Laura thumbed dials on her weapon and let off three rounds into the back of the demon 's head . |
| 15 | In it he proposes the closure of at least one college at year that they reopen after three years and that they will not be allowed to employ anyone who 's previously taught at an Oxbridge university . |
| 16 | Strawberry plants deteriorate after three years of cropping and need re-siting . |
| 17 | Women 's teams consist of three competitors plus one reserve . |
| 18 | ‘ First , registers of title made pursuant to the Act of 1925 consist of three parts , namely the property register , the proprietorship register and the charges register . |
| 19 | Cut into three layers using a serrated knife . |
| 20 | I asked what it was and one of my companions said : ‘ It is the torso of a man who was [ this morning ] cut into three pieces . ’ ’ |
| 21 | It was the first time Yusupov has ever beaten Karpov , and leaves the scores level with three games left to play . |
| 22 | If ingested prior to October , the majority of these larvae mature in three weeks ; thereafter , many become arrested in development for several months and may precipitate Type II disease when they mature . |
| 23 | At present re-entry programmes range from three evenings to six months ' day release plus supervised practice , and so it is virtually impossible to list every variation on the theme here . |
| 24 | Count in three times table then |
| 25 | The first series , which began in February 1973 — with title music whose beat spelled out Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em in Morse Code — was an immediate success , entering the Top 20 TV ratings chart within three weeks . |
| 26 | Roxburgh explained : ‘ In a situation like this you act on three factors ; medical opinion , the player 's attitude and your own gut feelings . |
| 27 | The shorter the period of service — cut to three years before the war — the more closely opinion in the army was affected by the stresses of civilian society . |
| 28 | They focus on three propositions : |
| 29 | More importantly , Mr Ferguson 's team embark on three matches in the next five days knowing that they need a maximum 11 points to lift that elusive championship trophy . |
| 30 | The first — which will start in April next year , and run for three years — is a new system of transitional protection for those households that stand to lose most from the abolition of domestic rates . |