Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | From April 1 , 1989 , the limit for advice and assistance provided to a petitioner for divorce or judicial separation has been three times the sum for preparation for magistrates ' court criminal proceedings ; and in other cases , two times that sum . |
2 | Two days later we were in the grips of another Hebbert epic , running round the High Level Route to get back to Wasdale Head for 10.00pm — our estimated time of return had been three hours earlier ! |
3 | At the same time Brotherton ( 1983 ) using documentary evidence has demonstrated that the rate of afforestation has been three times greater outside the National Parks . |
4 | In Berlin , Bismarck pretended to believe that the internal instability affecting France presented a danger to the peace of Europe , remarking to the British Ambassador that : ‘ If the present Constitutional Government in France had been three years instead of three months in existence , there would be some chance for its duration and the maintenance of peace . ’ |
5 | The servants say the doctor 's been three times but been forced to leave again without seeing him . |
6 | The wafer had been three inches long and one and a half inches wide , and had been inserted between the two strands of leather precisely against the young man 's backbone . |
7 | Tommy Chase Quartet Arts Centre , Darlington IT 'S BEEN three years since the Tommy Chase Quartet last played in Darlington and in that time the other players have changed completely . |