Example sentences of "it had [be] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was discovered , in 1956 , that the population of the Irish Free State was only 2.9 million , whereas it had been three million in 1936 . |
| 2 | It had been three years since Katherine Lundy had shot the man she had once loved . |
| 3 | But of course : it had been three years for Ace . |
| 4 | It had been three years for Ace . |
| 5 | They had lived with her for three months before they got this place , and it had been three months too long as far as he was concerned . |
| 6 | The problem seemed not to be urgent , but counting back , it had been three whole days … or was it only two ? |
| 7 | It had been three weeks since they had last met . |
| 8 | It had been three days since she 'd seen Luke , three days that she 'd spent trying to get him out of her system , but she could n't deny the sudden rush of emotion at the thought of seeing him again . |