Example sentences of "[verb] i [prep] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody came to see me for three days . |
| 2 | About thirty nine quid they charged me for three . |
| 3 | He overtook me after three tantrum-filled games ( mine , not his ) . |
| 4 | Yeah because I 'm doing second year abnormal from two til three so you might be able to catch me at three |
| 5 | By the time the aged parents had arrived , Lisabeth was ensconced in my bedroom , the sleeping-bag ( which has seen me through three continents , two sit-ins , an eviction and a New Year 's Eve in Trafalgar Square , and which I called Hemingway ) in place on the sofa . |
| 6 | " They said they 'd see me in three years to do my D.Phil. at Oxford . |
| 7 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
| 8 | Will you remember me in three years ? |
| 9 | ‘ You 'll contact me by three o'clock this afternoon , ’ the magistrate insisted . |
| 10 | Later on in my undergraduate career I was lucky enough to be given some teaching by Dr Douglas Ross , consultant in Glasgow , and had personal experience of the efficacy of homoeopathy when he cured the gingivitis ( inflammation of the gums ) which had been plaguing me for three weeks with a homoeopathic preparation of mercury . |
| 11 | So even now if you wake me at three o'clock in the morning and sing me one bar of Der Rosenkavalier I will be able to carry on from where you start ! |
| 12 | The ones that a friend of mine who was once in the TA has been promising to get me for three years now . |
| 13 | He then presented me with three sheep , after which all his family and relations asked for presents . |
| 14 | If I make a promise to you in return for your supplying me with three , quite useless , chocolate wrappers , which I will instantly throw away , there is a perfectly good contract provided that the promise was seriously intended ( below , p. 205 ) . |
| 15 | Who 'll start me at three hundred ? ’ the auctioneer boomed as Mungo and Emily rushed into the marquee . |
| 16 | see me in three month time . |