Example sentences of "and it [vb past] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also admits to having a streak of the trainspotter in him , and it took three days ploughing through his extensive record collection before he finally managed to produce a top ten . |
| 2 | But for all his troubles Stephen , an amiable and gallant king , had managed to hold on to England and it took three strange twists of fortune to transform the situation . |
| 3 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 4 | All the old signs appeared : I wanted to be sick , my knees kept quivering , and it took three deep-bowled cups of claret before I could even remember what day of the week it was . |
| 5 | and it left three halves of the residual estate . |
| 6 | And it rang three times every night for three weeks … to take their temperature . |
| 7 | And there were oak trees stood up there ; and it snapped three of 'em off just like snapping a match . |