Example sentences of "[conj] three at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where many teams would be content to boot the ball deep and far , the Boks have shown that they do n't mind taking a risk or three at the highest level — very exciting and very dangerous . |
| 2 | She wondered how long it would be before Kathy grew alarmed If Clare was n't home and had n't telephoned by two o'clock — or three at the latest — she reckoned that Kathy might phone the police , who would surely find her before long . |
| 3 | My work this year is very much on the ground — there will be only two abstract things — or three at the most — all the rest is objective — as objective as I can make it … |
| 4 | She spoke quite often of snowy landscapes glimpsed through carriage windows and small hands curled up in a muff made of grey fur , even though she could not have been more than three at the time . |
| 5 | Already there were six in one bed , three at the top and three at the bottom , and they would soon have to make room for Matt , the boy born before she took in Corrie . |
| 6 | I 'd say twelve at the earliest and three at the latest . ’ |
| 7 | Furthermore , the whole list of injuries is set aside as a sort of sub-section , marked by three asterisks at the top and three at the bottom , so that the change of topic or scene is explicitly signalled to the reader . |