Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a bit of luck I should get three hours sleep . |
| 2 | Well I think I should get three points for knowing that now . |
| 3 | I 've been told I should wait three months before trying for a baby again — but why is this advice given ? |
| 4 | Perhaps I might suggest three stages that should be considered as a route to achieving this goal . |
| 5 | Er I mean that , that 's not an attempt to dissuade or anyone but it , it you know people are very traditional and if the Garrick has always charged reasonably and suddenly there seems to be rate of inflation and this sort of thing , you know , as Linda said , they might think okay , I 'll pay three quid but I 'm damned if I 'm buying any raffle tickets . |
| 6 | You 're telling me that instead of owning all of three oranges , I 'll own three quarters of four oranges . ’ |
| 7 | So like one week , I 'll take three days out of that week , and Jane only has two . |
| 8 | Okay so that 's how you , that 's how you 'd do three quarters you 'd say well I could find a quarter of it and then cut it all up into quarters and then I 'll take three pieces , three quarters . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll have three rounds with each of these two men , ’ Trentham said as a reluctant instructor laced up the captain 's gloves . |
| 10 | That 's , that 's I 'd say three feet across . |
| 11 | So the new animal husbandry should be broad in its understanding but modest in its application , and I would cite three things that are required . |
| 12 | I work in a newspaper that used to be male dominated and now I would say three quarters of the wo , three quarters of the people on the news desk are now women . |
| 13 | I would take three classes and exercise at least another 12 hours each week . |
| 14 | Well I knew I would have three people in the studio with sandwich boards on . |
| 15 | I shall discuss three kinds of protection : ( a ) performance mode , ( b ) indirect handling of the topic and ( c ) projection . |
| 16 | I shall discuss three situations in which the issue is typically presented : the much publicized , widely known case of the unconscious , dying patient connected to a ventilator ; the case of the chronically dependent , conscious patient whose condition is stable — for example , a polio victim ; and the temporarily dependent , emergency patient . |
| 17 | I shall explore three frames of reference for thinking about the undergraduate curriculum : in terms of knowledge , in terms of the relationship between curriculum and society , and in terms of the development of individual potential . |
| 18 | ‘ I shall be the first one to give in my order to these dear ladies , I shall have three pairs of the best leather boots the house of Grenfell and Morgan can supply . ’ |
| 19 | This makes it difficult to offer a succinct exegetical account of Habermas 's work but I shall pursue three problems to try to present his contribution to the theory of ideology : the problem of epistemology , the problem of ideology and the problem of communication . |
| 20 | I will give three examples , all of which the right hon. Gentleman has rejected in the past . |
| 21 | the ensuite and er and then I will have three lodgers , I will have Neil |
| 22 | On the secret deal deferring payment for Rover until next March , Lord Young writes : ‘ I can offer three possibilities , in ascending order of risk that the deferment will be picked up by the commission , in which case they might require repayment of the notional interest saved . |
| 23 | But I can offer three pieces of rather different evidence which seem to me to be highly convincing . |
| 24 | Well I can run three miles . |
| 25 | In 1800 there were no access roads , no mountain rescue , no way of keeping dry or changing wet clothes until returning home which might take three days . |
| 26 | London-based Anduff Holdings hopes to buy the site , off Seamer Road , and build the car wash which would employ three workers . |
| 27 | A general degree which would require three years of full-time study should normally require no less than five years and no more than eight years of part-time study . |
| 28 | He works like a mule ( 1852 ) ; he lives a life which would kill three rhinos ( 1872 ) ; he works ‘ like XV oxen ’ ( 1878 ) ; though he advises Louise Colet to burrow away at her work like a mole ( 1853 ) . |
| 29 | The consultation paper also proposes the abolition of pre-hearing assessments and the substitution of a pre-hearing review by a chairman acting alone which would have three objectives : |
| 30 | The plan , which would free three officers from front counter work , should be implemented before April 1993 . |