Example sentences of "have [verb] three [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another Pocket original superlead , out in March 1995 , is a ‘ breakthrough novel ’ by Debbie Fowler , who has written three novels for Sphere and a romance for Century/Arrow , as well as a non-fiction account of her adoption of a Romanian orphan . |
| 2 | MIDDLESBROUGH manager Lennie Lawrence has made three changes for the Rumbelows League Cup semi-final first leg against Manchester United at Ayresome Park tomorrow night . |
| 3 | Under layers of emulsion paint were splendid oak doors , one of which John has copied three times for customers . |
| 4 | A top public school has expelled three pupils for taking the drug L-S-D . |
| 5 | Alan Stout has served three years for abusing boys as young as ten in Worcester . |
| 6 | So I thought well I do n't have to wait three weeks for mine so next time I do n't feel great I 'm gon na call in and take a couple of days off . |
| 7 | A former Yorkshire player , Love is well-versed in the one-day game , having played three internationals for England against Australia in 1981 and being voted man of the match in the 1987 B&H Cup final . |
| 8 | ‘ If we had to wait three months for this money , then fill in a new form to open a different account , just like a new investor in fact , it would not be a bad idea to see if any other society was offering a better rate than the 8.85 per cent offered by ‘ Prime Gold ’ . |
| 9 | By then , he had made three albums for Virgin , all of which had sold in enormous quantities , but the contract which he signed in 1972 had not been reviewed . |
| 10 | But there are , we 've got , I 've got three books for you to , to look at for you to do with your project and I might try and find you one or two sentences and references . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've got three tickets for the Bahamas , leaving in forty-five minutes . |
| 12 | The purchaser of records had to send three wrappers for each record , so he had first to acquire them . |
| 13 | It had taken three years for the committee , under the chairmanship of Lord Kilbrandon , to gather and consider evidence from a large number of bodies already dealing with child offenders and child neglect . |
| 14 | It had taken three days for the anarchy of two thousand Zaïrois to transform themselves into an organised travelling market . |
| 15 | The woman who was selling the magnificent object told me that it was only a month old and her old man , who had been killed by the Huns , had paid three quid for it : she was n't going to let it go for anything less . |
| 16 | The obvious advantage is that they provide sack-loads of fun and laughter , and the disadvantage is that you sometimes have to wait three hours for them to find their boots in the morning and finish flossing their teeth . |
| 17 | cos er , you have to wait three days for it , and then cheque 's got ta clear in the bank , it 's like our Mark he had a cheque put in his , he had to wait three days before it cleared went in on the Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , do n't count Saturday , Sunday , Monday , cleared by Tuesday dinner time |
| 18 | It was an arrangement we had I , I would n't phone in cos you have to wait three weeks for your wages if I phone in . |
| 19 | We used to get exactly the same rebate , the only thing is we have to wait three months for it . |
| 20 | Taking my cue from her collaborations with David Steele and Andy Cox of the Fine Young Cannibals ( who have produced three tracks for the album ) , I suggest that eventually she may be drawn beyond the usual limits of rap , towards creating real verse and chorus songs . |