Example sentences of "[prep] three [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happens , the problems of an unstaged Porgy are hardly less acute — a cast of 24 soloists and a duration of three and a quarter hours are not easily managed in the concert hall . |
| 2 | The following season he was back at the Festival as favourite for the Gold Cup , but soft going and the distance of three and a quarter miles proved his undoing , and he finished fifth . |
| 3 | ‘ Between the two of them , he owed between three and a half and four and a half thousand dollars , just for cocaine for that weekend . ’ |
| 4 | They told us three and a half , but there again a lot of rescue people do cut the ages of their dog , but , but , our , our two vets agreed he was around three and a half , between three and a half and four , look at his teeth and his coat and his bones . |
| 5 | It stretches for three and a quarter miles from Leven to the river Hull . |
| 6 | It was estimated for three and a half . |
| 7 | Twenty nine for three and a go |
| 8 | five fo , for three and a go . |
| 9 | She drew breath for the first time in three and a quarter hours . |
| 10 | Why allowed three minutes for , but I might extend that to three and a quarter , I think , if the time goes well . |
| 11 | The 7-year sentence originally imposed was adjudged to be excessive and reduced to three and a half . |
| 12 | Gone down from ten pence to three and a half . |
| 13 | Okay , well you 've got two percent plus three and a quarter , that makes five and a quarter . |
| 14 | This is from various investment houses in , in , in the city , so five percent plus three and a quarter , eight and a quarter percent , and I would bet any money that interest rates have n't gone up that quickly . |
| 15 | And er they erm were there to provide additional growth on savings , and it was , it was the inflation , the R P I plus a b a bonus which equalizes out at three and a quarter percent per annum . |
| 16 | Alison 's baby book starts at three and a half . |
| 17 | amongst the other winners were Oxford Brookes University who won the Temple Cup by three and a quarter lengths … |