Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I looked , I wrote the first one , first class answer and I thought , this is a doddle , and I 'd done three days then or two nights without kip , and I sort of and erm suddenly I f and I went Smith nineteen forty ? |
| 2 | Looking at me , you 'd never guess I 'd killed three people . |
| 3 | Er , there you said I 'd got three formwork gangs or four formwork gangs six a gang er and here you said I 'd got so many so we had to do that . |
| 4 | And er within eighteen months I 'd got three lorries running . |
| 5 | I 'd dropped three stitches . |
| 6 | ‘ If I 'd had three boys I could have fitted them into the same bedrooms . ’ |
| 7 | It was obvious from the moment she came into the house that Dawn , as I 'd immediately christened her ( after all , I 'd had three weeks to dream up the name ) , was a real character . |
| 8 | Peter Little won the race and Andy Pitts came second , but I had beaten three others who had originally been selected ahead of me , including Cameron Sharp , who the following year was to have a great outdoor season . |
| 9 | I promised myself a break with the crossword when I had written three pages . |
| 10 | I had to spend three days in bed and did n't really kick a ball in the build-up to the Highfield Road game . |
| 11 | I went to the doctor , but he just sent a letter to the Detox Unit and I had to wait three months [ for the appointment ] . |
| 12 | ‘ I had to sell three horses to stay in my yard , plus three shares in Carfax just to keep going . |
| 13 | On one occasion , when the Land Rover was only half a mile away , I had to go three miles to reach it . |
| 14 | I had to walk three mile to work , Doubled up when you got so far down . |
| 15 | I had spent three years researching contemporary mysticism , and it was through John Michel , a colleague of mine who was an authority on Druid mythology and the ancient sites of Britain , that I first met Ringo . |
| 16 | Before that , I had spent three years as an education officer at Marwell Zoo Park , followed by several months as a wildlife officer at Lilongwe Nature Sanctuary in Malawi . |
| 17 | Yet , when I had finished three pages , they ‘ were all right ! ’ |
| 18 | Yes I 've phoned and I 've written three times and I 've written to his mother our official letter , official no headed notepaper she 's not there , she works as a nurse does n't she ? |
| 19 | ‘ I 've lost three pounds and I 'm back to my weight of all last season , 13 stone , although I will be even sharper if I come down another couple of pounds . |
| 20 | I know what they mean — I 've lived three quarters of my life in council estates , that 's where I feel at home . |
| 21 | But , I 've saved three siblings . |
| 22 | I 've done three questions of each . |
| 23 | I 've done three meals tonight now , you can do something ! |
| 24 | I 've done three weeks . |
| 25 | It 's just I 've , I 've done three years at university now and I , I |
| 26 | The nurses , two weeks ago I met nurses that I 've met three years ago at my surgery about regrading . |
| 27 | Recently I 've made three dogs out of wood and cement , chasing a deer up a slope in Grizedale . |
| 28 | I 've had three letters now , one from David , one from you and one from Beeston all assuming that I seem to be dealing with this subject , erm it 's a Beeston commitment |
| 29 | In my nineteen years I 've had three women , a nervous breakdown and some poor education . |
| 30 | and I 've had three accidents and I 've been stationery every time , so somebody 's done something to me , so I 've had three |