Example sentences of "three [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were three bells at the front door — the top marked Stavanger . |
| 2 | For Spurs , substitute Hendry was denied three times at the other end by Rees . |
| 3 | Then he crushed the paper in his hand , making a fist with which he struck once , twice , three times at the floor , saying with each blow , ‘ Damn ! |
| 4 | Her grandmother said nothing , but nodded three times at the little girl . |
| 5 | ledgers that are now on the archives could be l placed down there and fascinated me because he could add a column of pounds , shillings and pence , he 'd take his three fingers at the bottom of the long ledger column , and as fast practically like a computer , would add to the top and then put it in pencil . |
| 6 | He 's done his best to ruin us these three hours at the ale-house in Mountsorrel , I 'll be bound . |
| 7 | Three hundred of them queued for up to three hours at the weekend to watch all six of the Star Trek films , culminating with the latest , the Undiscovered Country . |
| 8 | You can quickly load any named set by clicking on the button marked with three icons at the bottom right of the screen — a pop-up list of all the possibilities appears — including Hide SmartIcons for times when you prefer to do without any ! |
| 9 | Similarly , the three icons at the bottom of the toolbox can be accessed via the Text and Graphics pull-down menus . |
| 10 | Sergeant Bird followed him into the parkland at a leisurely pace , then watched from behind a tree as the fugitive made three attempts at the lowest portion of the wall . |
| 11 | ‘ They defused the first two and had three attempts at the third , but on the third attempt it blew up killing a major and his assistant lost his right arm when a hatch-door blew off . ’ |
| 12 | Between them , these statements identify three characteristics at the heart of educational research . |
| 13 | On to tonight 's game , obviously you got one or two injuries going into it er unfortunate th Gary obviously i has got a recurrence of that hamstring strain because he got er two of your three goals at the weekend . |
| 14 | Bonar Law , backed by fewer MPs than any of the other three contenders at the beginning of the week was now to be the unanimous choice . |
| 15 | The description of the Monk in the General Prologue is a full and detailed one , even if we are subsequently invited to conclude that it is a mistaken and misleading one ; by contrast , the presence of three priests with the Prioress and her nun/chapeleyne is noted in just three words at the end of line 164 of the General Prologue . |
| 16 | band A , B or C in three subjects at the Higher grade , together with either band A , B or C in two subjects at the Standard grade&sup4 ; or grades 1 , 2 or 3 in two subjects at the Ordinary grade&sup4 ; . |
| 17 | Prince Charles had a rough reception and a difficult , at times terrifying three months at the hands of extreme Welsh nationalists . |
| 18 | Leslie Thomas , aged 27 , who organised acid house parties in London , was jailed for five years and three months at the Old Bailey yesterday . |
| 19 | A few days later Terry 's brother asked Mary to act as stand-in pianist for three months at the local Baptist church where he was a member . |
| 20 | After only three months at the Foreign Office , John Major , previously Chief Secretary , was brought back to the Treasury as Chancellor , leaving the Foreign Secretaryship unexpectedly vacant . |
| 21 | Esther paid her first visit to Italy , where she spent three months at the Università per Stranieri in Perugia , learned some Italian , drank a great deal of wine , took up with a middle-aged American art historian and began to look at paintings . |
| 22 | There would also be a short term pension payable er and this would be paid for three months at the rate of your pension or pay at the time of death . |
| 23 | So at least there 's income coming in for three months at the rate of your salary . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's about minus three months at the moment , sir , if that 's what it is . ’ |
| 25 | On May 8 Egypt 's President Mubarak announced that all Egyptian troops in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait , estimated to total 38,000 , would be withdrawn within " three months at the most " . |
| 26 | We are all pleased to announce the success of all three candidates at the Society 's Examinations on 5 December . |
| 27 | Three lines at the bottom of a column in the TLS . |
| 28 | On the basis of a synopsis of Company Man , an account of ‘ the evolution of the social phenomenon of the 20th century ’ , Michael Sissons received three bids at the same level , from HarperCollins , Heinemann and Random House . |
| 29 | The club has been given an allocation of 17,800 by the Football Association , and after season ticket holders and club commitments there will be about 12,000 tickets left for Gold Card holders who have collected the three vouchers at the home games against Ipswich , Plymouth and Middlesbrough . |
| 30 | When first setting up a fence it takes time to adjust the three wires at the tackle end so that they are under equal tension ( the far end having already been secured to a strong chain link , which in turn is fastened to its anchorage ) . |