Example sentences of "it [vb -s] three [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It has three bells cast by a London foundry in 1865 .
2 GTE Corp signed a definitive agreement with a subsidiary of Lynch Corp for the sale of its telephone service area in Kansas on undisclosed terms : GTE put 2,300 access lines in Kansas up for sale in January , where it has three employees serving 13 exchanges in the state ; after the purchase , Lynch will have 10,750 access lines in five states .
3 As someone has said , it has three words beginning with the letter P — it is a philosophy armed with a plan and fought with passion .
4 It has three parameters start time , duration and repeat time .
5 It costs three pounds to join for two years , or five pounds to join for five years .
6 It takes three generations to make a gentleman , they say ; but the sons and daughters of impoverished immigrants into London in Victorian times were only one remove from their humble roots elsewhere — every reason , therefore , to collect around themselves the trappings of grandeur .
7 It takes three pages to demolish Philip .
8 If this book has a significant weakness , it is simply that it takes three chapters to get into its stride .
9 Well we 're not bathing him again it takes three days to dry him
10 It takes three months to commit even a simple one to memory , and then once you 've used it , pouf ! it 's gone .
11 It takes three years to become a qualified craftsman , said Mr Rowney , who trains wall builders at Botton village , near Danby , in the Esk Valley .
12 Renowned for its authentic Italian cooking , it comprises three buildings set in beautiful gardens with breathtaking lake views .
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