Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] [prep] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRITONS were heading the points tables in three of the categories and were placed in three more after another day of strong performances in the French Olympic Classes Regatta in Hyeres . |
| 2 | All first year pupils in the schools were included and were assessed on three occasions ( 4538 before teaching ( 1988 ) , 3930 immediately after teaching ( 1989 ) , 3786 at one year follow up ( 1990 ) ) . |
| 3 | They were named Pephredo , Deivio and Enyo , and were depicted as three grim-looking old women ; they had only one eye and one tooth between them , which they constantly passed around . |
| 4 | It had first been established in 1979 , and was renewed for three years in 1989. * Evidence has emerged of continued " pirate whaling " in the south Atlantic . |
| 5 | Desimir set out with his six wagonloads of treasure , and was gone for three years . |
| 6 | In court 23 year old Colin Longmuir admitted causing a breach of the peace at the couples home , and was jailed for three months . |
| 7 | Two days later the master reported that she was taken before the magistrates , and was sentenced to three days in the House of Correction . |
| 8 | He admitted the charge and was imprisoned for three years . |
| 9 | Simpson also admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance and was banned for three years . |
| 10 | Last nights theft took place when an antiques dealer stopped to change a wheel on his car on the hard shoulder of the M Six near the Keele service station in Staffordshire and was attacked by three men who escaped in a white van . |
| 11 | Joe Comerford 's Reefer And The Model ( Metro , 15 ) won the feature film prize at the Celtic Festival , the Europa Prize at Barcelona , and was nominated in three catagories in last year 's European Film Awards . |
| 12 | In 1917 he was finally accepted , after several rejections , for front-line service in the East Surrey Regiment , and was wounded on three occasions . |
| 13 | The hall was covered by an intersecting barrel vault and was divided into three bays . |
| 14 | The company did not have a medical or X-ray background and was conditioned by three previous failures to exploit the medical systems market . |