Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They recommended using three modes , as in CSE , and a single grading system , though with special papers in some subjects for pupils of low or high ability . |
| 2 | At St Martin 's School of Art , where they 'd met three years previously , they had already decided to make themselves the subject of their art . |
| 3 | Three girls , see you 're lucky really cos if they 'd had three boys an i , in a few times , you know , ten years time like , they 'd have all , the boys would of been growing up and they 'd have had cars stuck everywhere , you know what I mean ? |
| 4 | They began farming three years ago , when loans were easy to get and their bank was happy to lend them all they needed . |
| 5 | Doctors in Swindon say they 've seen three cases of a rare illness normally associated with Third World countries . |
| 6 | they 've got three layers of erm wallpaper on |
| 7 | ‘ They 've got three ships in there , and God knows what other generators and so on , all of which generates quite a bit of heat . |
| 8 | I was gon na say which is , is as good , ah , no its not virtually the same , it looks the same but they 've got three engines in it . |
| 9 | Cos they 've got three others . |
| 10 | They 've got three pendulum , four pendulums . |
| 11 | They 're , er , th they 've got three suggestions been made , which to consider or discuss further . |
| 12 | the pink bits the bit that fits onto ridge , they 've got three screws in each piece but they only need two to hold them , so I 've taken the centre one out of each one and used it to do the |
| 13 | Now they 've got three weeks to learn how to use it , as Clare Lafferty reports . |
| 14 | I was mentioning to Chris before you know she had a hell of a job to get these joints out here cos they 've got three dowels in each one |
| 15 | They 've got three offices |
| 16 | They 've got three offices . |
| 17 | they 've got three dogs |
| 18 | I know they 've got three children , but |
| 19 | They 've taken three oil paintings ; two off the walls and one which was leaning up against the window sill , er the candlesticks and the vases off the altar , another very beautiful , very simple oak chair with cane seat and back . |
| 20 | They 've issued three artists impressions of the man . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , you must , Jem , they 've left three messages . ’ |
| 22 | If they 've had three bits of beef then there would have been . |
| 23 | It 's going to be all so smooth because they 've had three hour training . |
| 24 | When the General Commissioners reviewed the facts , they had regarded three matters as important : first , that the storage racking was bolted to the floor for safety purposes — the Commissioners took the view that there was no distinction between the racking ( which was plant ) and the platform ; second , that members of the public were rarely admitted to the platform which was essentially for storage ; and , third , that , although the platforms were large , there were cases where very large structures had been deemed to be plant . |
| 25 | When they had killed three sheep and roasted them in the middle of the street and ridden off with the rest of the flock , and the cattle and the horses and the hens , we buried the dead — we were at it for most of a day — and then we went off east into Arkaig . |
| 26 | They had waged three rounds of quick fire war in an all action bout that contained just about every move and punch in the sport . |
| 27 | A huge party from the City Chambers arrived without reservations and they had to shove three tables together , and right after that , in came fourteen Japanese tourists . |
| 28 | So the delicate gilded furniture and the rococo mirrors had gone from his office ; and in their place were desks and chairs that renaissance princes might have sat on in perfect safety , even if they had weighed three hundredweight . |
| 29 | They had occupied three weeks of my life and the whole of my workshop , but here they seemed very small . |
| 30 | They had spent three days on the reef and had photographed every habitable key from every angle , one of the bank bureaucrats taking notes on a lawyer 's pad . |