Example sentences of "had three " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy had had three weeks before then , and still done nothing ? |
| 2 | I suppose I have had three or four cracks at it now at different times of my life and in different circumstances and every time I have got it wrong . |
| 3 | The mother had had three children who were living with her . |
| 4 | It has had three chances to cure the structural problems of the UK — abolition of rationing and freeing the interest mechanism from the Dalton experience in the 1950s , the Selsden Man competition and credit control in the 1970s , and the deregulation and monetarism of the 1980s . |
| 5 | The Jags have unearthed a highly unusual talent in Chic Charnley , a forward with a feel for the unexpected , but he will face a physical examination against Falkirk , who have already had three players sent off in one match this season . |
| 6 | Mr Anderson had also claimed to investigating officers that the woman told him she had had three Aids tests and was taking a contraceptive pill . |
| 7 | Membership may be given if a writer has had three works recorded for sale to the public which have been released by a recognized recording label lone which is registered in the Music Master catalogue ) . |
| 8 | It was nice to be with others ; I had just had three weeks on my tod with company only in Reykjavik campsite . |
| 9 | Looking back , Galbraith now sees the book as having had three forms of influence . |
| 10 | Still , Germany has no very long history as a unitary state ( less than a century ) and has had three capitals since 1918 — Weimar , Berlin and Bonn . |
| 11 | He immediately took to coaching , aiding the sculler , Carl Smith , to the world championship in 1986 , and has already had three successful years with the Nottinghamshire County club . |
| 12 | He has had three contests since defeating Carr — a draw with Lou Gentan , victory over Nicky Walker inside the distance and , two weeks ago , a quick destruction of Kenny Schaefer . |
| 13 | Woosnam had had three birdies in his first five holes and the only shot he dropped in going out in 34 was to take five at the ninth , where he drove into the trees . |
| 14 | Three hours later I had had three whole contractions , still had a long thin cervix and the medics moved in . |
| 15 | But Guido Alberto Rossi had already had three very successful but very different photographic careers : documentary work in the Gulf and with US forces in Vietnam , sports photography and general travel work , mainly for magazines . |
| 16 | ( In fact , spaying before the bitch has had three heats can eliminate the chance of mammary cancer . ) |
| 17 | I 've had three kids and two divorces , and if you think it 's made me happy , then think again . |
| 18 | Sandison , who had only had three or four glasses of wine , began to feel light-headed . |
| 19 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 20 | ‘ You 've had three already . ’ |
| 21 | Not only had I had three months reprieve , but there had been no confrontation over any further treatment . |
| 22 | When Poirot tells her that Hastings has remarked that the house looked haunted she assures them that if there is a ghost it must be a friendly one , because she has had three escapes from death in as many days so she must bear a charmed life . |
| 23 | Since Reagan took office the two most important working groups ( numbers I and IIIA ) have each had three successive US co-chairman . |
| 24 | ‘ Why have you had three different jobs in the last twelve months ? ’ , 'Why were you made redundant ? ' , etc. , so that you can practise positive responses to them . |
| 25 | She 'd had three children and it showed . |
| 26 | The flyer may have had three of its four photographs taken in pedestrian zones , but walking and cycling get less than five per cent of the space in the book . |
| 27 | She has had three official police warnings after complaints from motorists . |
| 28 | Since then they have had three children — Helen and Katie , aged two , and Molly ( named after James Joyce 's character Molly Bloom ) aged one . |
| 29 | They 've already had three consecutive number ones in the dance charts . |
| 30 | Meehan , at the time I took up his case , had had three solicitors , all from Glasgow : Joseph Beltrami for his trial , then Ross Harper and later Leonard Murray . |