Example sentences of "[art] [noun] three time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kitten had to go to the vet three times in as many weeks and was more expensive than the baby . |
| 2 | ( Nithard , quite exceptionally , repeats the day twice and the hour three times . ) |
| 3 | He has now completed the marathon three times and this year achieved his best time of 3 hours 39 minutes , coming 8,348th out of 27,000 runners . |
| 4 | The officer told the defendant three times that he considered two pickets at each entrance were sufficient but the defendant , persisting in his intention to join the pickets , ‘ pushed gently past ’ the police officer , ‘ was gently arrested ’ , and was charged with obstructing the police in execution of their duty . |
| 5 | Thus if a particularly irate husband pronounced the words three times in the heat of the moment the divorce was permanent and could not be reversed . |
| 6 | The Course as a whole has been presented for validation and revalidation to the CNAA three times . |
| 7 | In Monitor 21 April , p 148 , a gremlin made the Universe three times too big . |
| 8 | I have raised the question three times , and it is about time that something was done about it . |
| 9 | She mounted the pavement three times . |
| 10 | He waters the plants three times a week . |
| 11 | We did not have the time to visit the swimming-pool three times a week , and we were not interested in pumping iron or trundling around on an exercise bike every morning . |
| 12 | A mini-bus operates to and from the town three times a day although car hire is recommended for the less energetic . |
| 13 | Boro took the lead three times through Alan Kernaghan , Tommy Wright and Willie Falconer but each time were hauled back through Les Ferdinand , Gary Penrice and Sinton 's first-ever penalty for Rangers . |
| 14 | ‘ We did n't know if another bomb had been planted on another platform , ’ admitted Miss Godfrey , who uses the station three times a week . |
| 15 | He had his hands on the ball three times in one spilling maul . |
| 16 | To make things easier , your team can hit the ball three times before knocking it over , though neither team member can hit it twice in succession . |
| 17 | Having changed the overdrive three times , and as this is not a common problem , we can dismiss this as being at fault . |
| 18 | Rummy who will again lead the parade on National Day , is immortalised by a life-size bronze statue after winning the race three times and finishing second twice between 1973 and ‘ 77 . |
| 19 | The Amateur Championship begins there on Tuesday , and McEvoy would like nothing better than to emulate Mike Bonallack and Joe Carr as the only golfers since the War to win the title three times . |
| 20 | Roll the head three times to the left , then three times to the right , breathing easily all the time . |
| 21 | The first of them was the Breton Louison Bobet , who rode into Paris at the head three times running from 1953–5 . |
| 22 | Children with rickets were passed naked through the hole three times and then drawn along the grass three times in an easterly direction . |
| 23 | It forced me out of the attic three times a day to discover my new surroundings and meet the local people . |
| 24 | The indoor heated pool is free to guests , as is the sauna three times a week . |
| 25 | By the time I got to the last rocker I had been out of the garage , round the block three times , back up the drive and home in time for teal Is there any way I can turn the engine over without moving the vehicle ? |
| 26 | Since that caravan site encounter , Jean has met the woman three times , in more restrained mood . |
| 27 | We gathered round , and before Moustaine was satisfied we had shouted the song three times into the mouthpiece of the small radio as the wind howled around us . |
| 28 | Bridhe lifted the baby , slipped a magic coral and rowan-berry necklace over his head and walked sun-wise round the bed three times for good fortune , before taking the child down to the hall to present him to his father , to Eachuinn Odhar and the clansmen assembled . |
| 29 | The kitchen clock whirred and struck three — that is , its hammer flailed the air three times , having been bent by Mrs. Jordan , the cook , so that it would fail to strike the chimes . |
| 30 | ‘ He does the journey three times a day and does more for that community than any amount of social workers , teachers or vicars , ’ enthused Mr Gregory . |