Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [prep] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wide runner , he loves the striped jacket ( t6 ) but this time has to go from three . |
| 2 | Inflation has fallen to three point nine per cent . |
| 3 | Similar findings have been made by others although in the different studies , the time of onset of the plateau has varied from three to seven years . |
| 4 | A student nowadays has to graft for three years on a pittance of a grant , begging the government for a loan and at the same time being excluded from any welfare benefits . |
| 5 | The money for the suite has come from three sources — £35,000 under the Technology Enhancement Programme ( TEP ) organised by the Engineering Council , £20,000 from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation ( the Sainsbury family ) , and £15,000 from Stockport Council . |
| 6 | The introduction of the cascade model , in which the member of staff reports back to colleagues , has been introduced to alleviate this reaction , but this too has met with three fairly substantial problems : first , the idea of cascading presumes that the teachers will return from the course keen and willing to share their experience ; second , that the teachers will have the expertise to allow them to cascade the experience effectively ; and third , that group dynamics between course members in which security , confidence and understanding can develop from the shared experience is frequently dissipated when the groups disperse . |
| 7 | On Thursday , the unemployment figures for December may show that the number of people out of work and claiming benefit in Britain has risen above three million . |
| 8 | Erm , the next one is purely from the Carnival er , towards their erm , er , expenses and they say that insurance has risen from three hundred to twelve hundred pounds . |
| 9 | Hammersmith 's auditor has argued in three courts that the deals are not enforceable , since councils had no power in law to engage in such deals . |
| 10 | A law to encourage the industry to take back and reuse its rubble has languished for three years in the environment ministry . |
| 11 | We have performed laparoscopic cholecystectomy on 438 patients , and thromboembolism has occurred in three : one deep venous thrombosis , one non-fatal pulmonary embolism , and one fatal pulmonary embolism . |
| 12 | Sexual impairment has occurred in three male patients ( 4% ) . |
| 13 | Pickering , 24 , a self-employed plumber from Hartlepool , has invested in three new machines . |
| 14 | Later this year the party will hold a congress , only the fourth Mr Castro has convened in three decades . |
| 15 | The 28-year-old , whose interest in running began when he represented his school as a teenage athlete , has competed in three Potteries Marathons clocking up his best time of three hours and two minutes . |
| 16 | Since the big companies moved in the annual haul from these waters has increased from three and a half thousand to two and a half million tons a year . |
| 17 | The drug in question prednisolone has led to three such deaths in ten years . |
| 18 | Eligibility for selection as a duty solicitor has gone through three distinct and separate phases . |
| 19 | Most of it has gone to three institutions : the British Museum , RADA and the National Gallery of Ireland . |
| 20 | The scheme has run for three years and , during that time , around 180 dogs and bitches have been neutered . |
| 21 | ‘ It gave her quite a shock , ’ said Bob Murray , managing director of the International Freight firm in Small Heath , Birmingham , where Carolyn has worked for three years . |
| 22 | Jo emphasised the need for good movement and footwork on the court and acknowledged the work of her fitness advisor , Len Heppel , with whom she has worked for three years . |
| 23 | A Canadian , Chris Hampson has worked on three continents in his ICI career . |
| 24 | The St Tiggy Winkles Animal Hospital at Haddenham has taken in three of them this month and they 're stumped for an answer . |
| 25 | That has happened to three boroughs , but only in January , near the end of the financial year . |
| 26 | In quick succession it has passed through three lives . |
| 27 | Alyson has passed through three Middlesbrough schools Hemlington Hall Juniors , Abingdon Road Juniors and Langbaurgh without missing a single day . |
| 28 | Mr Diplexcito , who has fought for three years to get a suitable house for his family — he has been offered several by the district and regional authorities — said : ‘ My wife and daughters will be staying with relatives , but I only have the car as a roof over my head . |
| 29 | He has to rely on three small robots , or drones , Huey , Dewey and Louie , whom he programs to help him . |
| 30 | They were staying on the eighth floor of the apartment block in the Upper Downtown financial area of the city where their daughter , Anne , a registered nurse , has lived for three years . |