Example sentences of "[verb] three time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends of the Earth responded by asserting that there was sufficient interest among energy suppliers to provide three times that amount . |
| 2 | A chases B. When B is caught , s/he freezes , eyes closed , counts to 5 , then chases A. The game continues for as long as you want — or to a pre-set time limit , or when somebody is caught three times , for example . |
| 3 | A WOMAN aged 63 underwent plastic surgery yesterday after her face was slashed three times in an apparently motiveless attack . |
| 4 | There are 98 ways that a quark can travel between two points if it interacts three times with gluons . |
| 5 | A man who had a vital operation cancelled three times has finally had his surgery … |
| 6 | This was cancelled three times because of her worsening state . |
| 7 | The linesman saw the incident and McDonough has been sent off twice and suspended three times this season . |
| 8 | ‘ I will continue to train and may play in the reserves next season in case of emergencies , ’ added the U's boss , who has been sent off twice and suspended three times during this campaign . |
| 9 | The treatment involved walking three times round the shore and then departing , without looking back . |
| 10 | Past the school I walked through a stone gate manned by two uniformed guards into the first courtyard ( the palace has fifteen ) , which is overlooked by a high drumtower , used three times a day to summon the household for prayers . |
| 11 | The most common period was 30 days , occurring three times ( 33% ) . |
| 12 | If you use fresh herbs , generally you will need three times as much . |
| 13 | And the column has come three times , each time in the late afternoon . |
| 14 | ‘ I have a little prayer I say three times before I come down , ’ he said at the time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Earlier former Wales international David Jones rolled back the years with a top score 61 , riding his luck after being dropped three times . |
| 17 | If there is rivalry between the firms it is forgotten three times a year when Stuart Johnstone , of Smiths , organises a get together of Glasgow booksellers and reps . |
| 18 | It 's had the handle repaired three times . |
| 19 | I mean , if the cheque bounced three times before your wah-wah pedal went wrong , can you really blame the dealer for being a trifle tardy with the repair … ? |
| 20 | She landed on the grass and bounced three times and finally came to rest . |
| 21 | Bottom the previous season , Albion finished ninth of 12 in the Wearside League second division , Billy Harker top scoring with 15 of which one , reputedly , was a penalty that bounced three times en route . |
| 22 | Annabel has already telephoned three times , but I 've asked her not to call again , in case she disturbs a treatment . |
| 23 | Yes she keep , goes on and do you know three times a day that poor dog walks |
| 24 | In the oral history of the North Shore , 18 January 1985 is remembered , in part , as the day Ken Bradshaw swam three times round the Bay . |
| 25 | The Equal Opportunities Commission ( 1980 ) found three times as many women as men were carers but a later study of informal care discovered a larger proportion of male carers ( Green , 1988 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ But in his last over , he had the guts to bowl really fast and he should have had Allan Lamb caught three times but each time their 'keeper dropped it . |
| 27 | William was heard to exclaim as , with their foot beginning to give way , the Jacobite horse charged three times to restore the situation , forcing some of the attackers back into the river . |
| 28 | Peter had won three times already and had been unlucky not to make it a fourth title the year before . |
| 29 | Martin Pipe has declared a powerful team for Monday 's Coral Welsh National , a race he has won three times in the last four years . |
| 30 | And he did so by having to fend off none other than Tom Watson , who had won three times at Butler National . |