Example sentences of "he [verb] the three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | At the bottom he found the three letters CIS and asked what it was . |
2 | Special Rapporteur Riphagen expounded what he termed the three parameters of relationship in international law which are set up by an internationally wrongful act . |
3 | He approached the three horses and , dancing first on one foot and then on the other , ran like a deer , leapt over the three horses , over the flaming swords , and alighted on the saddle of his own horse , the great Koulash . |
4 | Using Welsh lamb he created an eye-catching display in a domed circular cabinet for which he received the Three Countries Gold Medal and a cheque for £500 . |
5 | He undid the three locks and swung back the lid . |
6 | For example , as Marcel drives along the winding road to Martinville , he describes the three spires of the church in terms of active movement , the spires exchange places , they come closer together , they draw further apart , they hide behind each other in turn . |
7 | Now that MPs have committed him for trial for allegedly ordering telephone-tapping and accepting bribes , he describes the three months of coalition government as ‘ a lamentable political parenthesis ’ . |
8 | He climbed the three steps to the door , and pushed at it , but it was securely locked , so he went to the nearest window . |
9 | If he has , has he noted the three pages of advertisements by receivers and administrators of companies that have failed ? |
10 | He examined the three wreaths : |
11 | This time he sent the three Ruritanians — Lauengram , Krafstein and young Rupert of Hentzau . |
12 | It was there , he said , that he acquired the three enthusiasms of his life — politics , religion , and books . |
13 | He jotted the three names down on a slip of paper with a gesture of finality and picked up the internal telephone , stabbing out the number for the code-room . |
14 | He had the three tubes in his hand , and he looked at them . |
15 | There , in the course of less than eight months , he wrote the three papers which are his main claim to fame . |
16 | In those days few ministers thought it necessary to attend their own counts , and Baldwin had his vigil in the No. 10 secretaries ' room enlivened by the presence of Churchill : ‘ The P.M. [ sat ] with narrow slips of paper on which he inscribed the three lists as they arrived . |
17 | He eyed the three travellers a bit hesitantly . |