Example sentences of "[pers pn] about three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | because she about three pints , the pints a day the third pint cost you thirty five P and right , a four-pinter cost you a pound and two pence a pound and two pence , now work that out . |
| 2 | And I 'm going to talk to you about three things about the safety of flying , about the cost aspects of flying and the enjoyment that you 're going to get out of it when you take part . |
| 3 | I phoned you about three times |
| 4 | It takes you about three hours ! |
| 5 | As a faithful NME reader I thought you would have had better things to do than badmouth good groups , such as improve on your public relations , meaning , I wrote to you about three months ago regarding Pink Floyd to find out if they would be doing any concerts . |
| 6 | It took me about three hours to get six stops . |
| 7 | It took me about three hours to do my homework so I was very tired after everything . |
| 8 | It took me about three seconds to realize that no human agency would ever get the ball out that way and without thinking I withdrew my hands , braced both thumbs behind the angle of the lower jaw and pushed . |
| 9 | It took me about three months , perhaps longer , three to six months before I realised that I was dependent on it . |
| 10 | It is , Chairman , that actually they are down against the erm , Mill Stream , the three storeys site , some of them about three storeys high . |
| 11 | Take three pints of Sweet Cream , one of quick white wine ( or Rhenish ) and a good wine glassful ( better the ¼ of a pint ) of Sack : mingle with them about three quarters of a pound of fine Sugar in Powder . |
| 12 | I got furious with him about three times . |
| 13 | And er , it was very amusing , but repeatable , half the things he wrote in it , and erm , it 's very , it was very good , but , he is quite good at that when he sets his mind to it , it usually takes him about three days to do it , but he does like to er , write messages in people 's cards . |
| 14 | It 'll take him about three weeks to do the decorating in that house ! |
| 15 | ‘ I would imagine alcohol started to become a problem for Len when his wife left him about three years ago , ’ Martin began . |
| 16 | And she phoned me , I saw her about three weeks ago , she asked to come down . |
| 17 | But erm I think last year we w Was it about three hours they went , last year ? |
| 18 | Yeah , well I 've only got the one I 've only got the one erm golly how long have I had that yellow must have had it four years or more I 've only worn it about three times I think it 's erm a telly mac and it 's a yellow one erm and it is a bit longer so all these go underneath it , quite well |
| 19 | I 've narrowly missed it about three times already . |
| 20 | I had to say it about three times for the boy to understand . |
| 21 | Ooh I 've , yeah , I 've been doing it about three years . |
| 22 | We got a big one where erm , sort of , it 's really cold , and so we keep erm , the longest dates and everything erm , that we do n't need immediately , and then , we got the fridge/freezer , we got the freezer in the stock-room , which is ours , we we just bought it , wh , my parents bought it about three years ago , for ourselves . |
| 23 | This will take us about three months to complete after which we will concentrate on fitting brake and lubrication gear . |