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Example sentences for "three turns"

  • It was only after two or three turns on the deck that Layton could subdue the Colonel's indignation sufficiently to make him listen to him with calm and attention.

  • He drew his arm within Layton's as he said this, and led him two or three turns on the deck in silence.

  • She took two or three turns of the room without speaking; then wheeling round suddenly, she stood right in front of where he sat, her face pale, and her whole expression that of one deeply occupied with one purpose.

  • After witnessing the opening of the ball, he made two or three turns in the hall, and retired, escorted by the staff of the National Guard.

  • Joe had two or three turns of the cable around the winch, and all hands began heaving on the bars until the stout rope was fairly taut, after which a sloper was put to it, and the laborers sat down in the shade for a breathing spell.

  • Wait till she buries her nose once more, an' then rush when she rises," Bob shouted as he threw off two or three turns of the rope.

  • Salmon Hooks); when the fly is made with the hackle only struck round the shoulder, take two or three turns of it under the wings, and tie it in there (see Plate III.

  • An ox may be conveniently secured by passing two or three turns of a rope round the roots of the horns and then making a knot in front.

  • Round this take two or three turns of oiled silk, such as chemists sell.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    eight times; hath bent his bow; three battalions; three classes; three cloves; three days; three drops; three eggs; three fathoms; three feet; three gates; three hundred and fifty; three hundred thousand more; three kingdoms; three pairs; three points; three regiments; three rows; three sections; three sides; three slices; three sons; three stitches; three syllables; three times round the; three white