Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the three " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police moved in as the three loaded part of a haul of 200 kilos of hashish into a warehouse near Madrid . |
| 2 | By the time we caught up with the three men at the top of the ladder , they were attempting to heave the coffin into its grotto with a series of hefty swings which caused a wave-motion to be generated in the ladder , very nearly sending us all to the ground sixty feet below . |
| 3 | We could put ourselves in three lots of two and your mum came in with the three pizzas we 'd get one between us so we get a half . |
| 4 | I started off with the three men in the middle of the park Saturday , we changed it round because I think we needed an extra striker at the Wolves , and I did n't think we played that badly . |
| 5 | The European Commission has set up definitive measures to stop imports of computer chips from South Korea being dumped within the Community : finance ministers decided on Monday that imports of dynamic RAMs from Korea would either be subject to import duties of 24.7% or to a pricing deal worked out with the three main chip producers , Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , Hyundai Electronics Industries Co Ltd and Goldstar Electron Co Ltd ; anti-dumping duties had been levied at 10.1% ; the Big Three took 25% of the Community in 1990 from just 6% in 1986 . |
| 6 | Chen pulled up sharply , almost thudding into Karr who stood there , his hands clenched at his sides , his great chest rising and falling heavily as he stared down at the three prone gangsters . |
| 7 | Anne 's daddy looked at the mistletoe in the apple-tree when they reached Sundial Cottage and then went in with the three Brownies to see Miss Miggs . |
| 8 | And Mrs McMahon , who naturally had n't seen it because had n't she just this minute arrived back from the village and was n't the dress still in its bag , looked up at the three hovering on the stairs as though it were a divine deliverance , mumbled vaguely about a headache coming on , and thankfully abandoned her responsibilities to whoever was willing to take them on . |
| 9 | In one of his rare public reflective moments , he looked back on the three women in his early life , Mud , Lorraine and June , with gratitude because they gave him a good start , independence and the belief that he could always take care of himself , come what may . |
| 10 | More than 7,000 firms went under in the three months to September — the highest number since the recession began . |