Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continued increase in Population accentuated the hardships for the Peasants : a great variety of taxes to pay ; the price of imported wheat continually rising , when most peasants could manage to grow only enough food to last them three months ; and the vines and potatoes suffered blight and disease . |
| 2 | And I got the Engine Room boys in the basement to give me three photocopies of our Romanian friend . ’ |
| 3 | DENNIS GREENE , Wycombe 's £15,000 signing from Chelmsford in February , scored all his team 's goals in the 4–0 win at Altrincham to put them three points clear of Colchester in the race for the GM Vauxhall Conference title , writes Peter Ernest . |
| 4 | ‘ I would have been happy to give you three times the amount — if your story had proved that the boy was good . ’ |
| 5 | He got one back on us at the 15th to put him three shots behind again , so the 17th was going to be a crucial hole . |
| 6 | He persuaded creditors to give him three years to make a go of the garden . |
| 7 | Scored for flute , viola and harp , it is alternately perky and elegiac in mood , reflecting the happier circumstances of its composition — and Zeisl 's knowledge of the heart condition that was to kill him three years later . |
| 8 | But to end it three issues must be raised , which have been implicit rather than explicit within the argument so far : the relevance of the lack of clarity within much policy ; the significance of value conflict ; and the importance of rewards . |
| 9 | I had dinner with an actor the other night who managed to tell me three times throughout the meal that he was 50 . |
| 10 | She had to tell me three times before it sunk in . |
| 11 | Some of the horror stories that I hear are horrendous , but I want to tell you three issues that I do actually know about . |
| 12 | On Tuesday night last the ‘ Dream Team ’ were trying to make it three wins in a row . |
| 13 | THE visit of Cheshire Jets to Crowtree tomorrow sees Dave Elderkin 's men looking to make it three wins out of three against the league 's bottom club . |
| 14 | But at least we have trained the waitress to bring us three cups of coffee each for breakfast , as we need at least that to wake us up for an early morning start ! |
| 15 | At each stage of the research we interviewed people all over Scotland asking them to tell us three things : |