1.   About three miles beyond the town we turn into a leafy lane leading to a farm.

2.   About three years ago I came across his plastic incarnation at a yard sale for a quarter.

3.   Average income in the private sector is probably about three times that in the state sector, but no one knows for sure.

4.   I would like to suggest that poetry helps the writer to learn about three things.

5.   The edge of the cliff was only about three steps to my left.

6.   Mola had estimated that it should take about three weeks to conquer the coastal area as far west as Santander.

7.   Mr Malik used those very words about three times every day.

8.   Make about three children in all.

9.   Patients reported about three times as many undesirable events in the six months preceding their illness as the comparison group over the same period.