def METHOD_NAME(self, project, dataset, table):
    """Count the total number of lines in a table.
    Args:
        project: A string containing the Google Cloud project where the BigQuery dataset
        containing the table is located.
        dataset: A string containing the name of the BigQuery dataset containing the table.
        table: A string containing the name of the BigQuery table.
    """
    dataset_ref = self._bq_client.dataset(dataset, project=project)
    table_ref = dataset_ref.table(table)
    bq_table = self._bq_client.get_table(table_ref)
    return bq_table.num_rows