Example sentences of "being [verb] three time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier former Wales international David Jones rolled back the years with a top score 61 , riding his luck after being dropped three times . |
| 2 | Another youngster talks about being shot three times after incurring the wrath of the paramilitaries for ‘ anti-social behaviour ’ — car theft and joyriding . |
| 3 | A YOUNG policewoman was fighting for life early today after being stabbed three times as she tried to break up an argument . |
| 4 | At the end of that month Colonel Fergusson imparted the news that the Frenchy picture at the Rotunda had closed for lack of spectators , whereas Messrs Marshall 's Peristrephic Panorama was still being shown three times a day to audiences rendered perfectly comfortable by patent stoves . |
| 5 | He 's moving after being burgled three times in one week . |
| 6 | Last Winter they suffered the worst floods for fifty years , with some homes being hit three times . |
| 7 | They won in the same time as that recorded by Oxford half an hour later despite being warned three times for their steering . |