Example sentences of "he be [verb] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | And every day Berkowitz , 45 , was brought to court from Wandsworth prison , where he is serving three years for such an offence . |
| 2 | The Grammy-winning Genesis singer has decided to live full-time in America , where he is planning three films deals for next year . |
| 3 | He 's saving three pounds a week and putting it in the post office at hoe . |
| 4 | He 's made three films in the past year and she flew back to London recently after finishing a movie . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's taken three , one near the heart . |
| 6 | He was stating three things . |
| 7 | He was given three penalty points and ordered to pay £15 towards prosecution costs . |
| 8 | While in hospital , in order to stem the agonising pain , he was given three or four shots of Demerol a day . |
| 9 | Griffin ran into problems quite early , against MCC in fact , at Lord 's , where he was called three times fro throwing and once , simultaneously , for dragging . |
| 10 | The Duke of Edinburgh was the guest of honour at the ceremony , at which he was presented three jars of cherries from the orchard . |
| 11 | He was escorting three German prisoners in the direction of Brigade H.Q The Germans were doubling along , their hands held high in the air , a look of apprehension on their faces . |
| 12 | He was employed three months ago but then told to stay away , on full salary . |
| 13 | He was employed three months ago then told to stay away , on full pay . |
| 14 | He said he was getting three different sets of advice ; to stay and " tough it out " to retire to a naval base and let the Army put down the people in his absence , or to leave . |
| 15 | Over in Ireland Jim Dreaper gave Carvill 's Hill his seasonal debut in the Durkan Brothers International Punchestown Chase , where he was beaten three lengths by last season 's Irish Grand National winner Maid Of Money , who was receiving 5lb and started favourite . |
| 16 | He was awarded three medals by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , which published illustrated descriptions of several of his tools and inventions . |
| 17 | After a short while Alexander noticed that he was doing three things while reciting ; these actions were not present when using his normal speaking voice : |
| 18 | He was doing three tasks at once : checking the statements of witnesses in a report being prepared for the Public Prosecutor and at the same time turning over the photographs and diagrams of the house in Church Row which the SOCO had put together . |
| 19 | In 1888 he played in three tests for the Australians touring in England and he was capped three times for England , playing in South Africa in 1895–6 and in the West Indies in 1896–7 . |
| 20 | One French officer describes how he was buried three times that day in his trench , and dug out each time by his men . |
| 21 | He was arrested three weeks later in possession of a giro cheque which had been stolen from another woman mugged in nearby Old Kent Road . |
| 22 | He was imprisoned three times for his activities , serving 12 years of a 15-year sentence on terrorism charges before being released in November 1988 on health grounds [ see p. 36913 ] ; he was elected PAC president in 1986 while a prisoner [ see p. 35365 ] . |
| 23 | I thought Val said he was having three days holiday ? |
| 24 | His 34 , though , was the best score of the day ( and he was dropped three times , at 17 , 19 and 25 ) as India declined to 135 for 5 ( Tendulkar 31 , nightwatchman Ruju 1 ) by the close , with the fiery Hughes taking three wickets . |
| 25 | He was discharged three weeks after admission , having recovered fully . |