Example sentences of "for about three " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was there for about three and a half years . |
| 2 | General Noriega went on television to say he had been aware of the rebels ' plans for about three weeks . |
| 3 | Sadie lived a solitary life for about three years without even the company of other dogs . |
| 4 | It was totally unbalanced — there were ten or so Labour people , and about four hundred Conservatives — it sat for about three hours every day , and there were a great number like Halifax , Salisbury , Beaverbrook who had been prominent in political life . |
| 5 | When I was eighteen , about six months before my A levels , I stopped eating for about three months , then every now and then , about every week , I 'd binge really heavily . |
| 6 | It had been dead for about three or four months . |
| 7 | I have a routine to which it is not always possible to keep : writing in the morning for about three hours , then the rest of the day for other business . |
| 8 | After an electrolysis current had been passed for about three months ( to charge the palladium with hydrogen ) , a small excess of heat was observed of the order of one watt or less . |
| 9 | Each heat lasts for about three to five minutes , with the final often being a series of three races . |
| 10 | Owen received aromatherapy massage weekly for about three months . |
| 11 | Return to the third eye position and this time press your thumbs down quite firmly ( your partner will soon tell you if it is too hard ) and hold for about three seconds . |
| 12 | At first I thought him very plain , that is , for about three minutes : he is pale and thin , has a wide mouth , thick lips , and not very good teeth , longish loose-growing half-curling rough black hair . |
| 13 | I have worked for about three such employers . |
| 14 | Sale starts Wednesday , December 23 and lasts for about three weeks . |
| 15 | Sale starts on Monday , December 28 for about three weeks . |
| 16 | 141 Kings Road , SW3 Concession at Harvey Nichols , SW1 Sale starts January 5 for about three weeks , with many items down 40-50 per cent . |
| 17 | 29 Beauchamp Place , SW3 24 Brook Street , W1 Sale starts January 2 for about three weeks . |
| 18 | 153 New Bond Street , W1 32 Sloane Street , SW1 Sale starts January 2 for about three weeks . |
| 19 | ‘ As it was the possibility of her resigning was in the papers for about three weeks . ’ |
| 20 | We started dating and eventually went out for about three years . |
| 21 | MARCO VAN BASTEN , AC Milan 's European Footballer of the Year , yesterday had an operation in a Swiss clinic to clean the cartilage in his right ankle and is likely to be out of action for about three months . |
| 22 | This temporary terminal arrangement was in use for about three months . |
| 23 | Harper said : ‘ I went out with Rebecca for about three months , then I went out with Emma . |
| 24 | Fashanu said : ‘ It 's a trapped sciatic nerve and I 've been told to rest for about three weeks . |
| 25 | When the grubs hatch , they tunnel into the wood and carry on gnawing it away for about three years , before turning into pupae just below the surface and so restarting the cycle . |
| 26 | ‘ She has been doing it for about three years . |
| 27 | That led to warfare for about three months in our house . |
| 28 | I was only there for about three months and then I went to a modelling school . |
| 29 | We 'd been feeding ‘ our ’ ducks for about three months when one day , much to my disappointment , they mysteriously disappeared . |
| 30 | For about three weeks I sat constantly for about four hours a day with Dawn perched on my fist , watching TV or listening to the radio , quietly trying to make it seem as if this were the most natural thing in the world for a boy and his owl to be doing . |