Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] for three years " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the pain I 've had for three years was far worse . |
| 2 | Mr Diplexcito , who has fought for three years to get a suitable house for his family — he has been offered several by the district and regional authorities — said : ‘ My wife and daughters will be staying with relatives , but I only have the car as a roof over my head . |
| 3 | Jo emphasised the need for good movement and footwork on the court and acknowledged the work of her fitness advisor , Len Heppel , with whom she has worked for three years . |
| 4 | Another told me she had suffered for three years with a terrible pain in her back but since following the diet the pain had completely disappeared . |
| 5 | When she had finished hanging out the washing , before she went for the weekly shop at SavaCentre , Sara applied her lipstick , and around her throat she squirted the toilet water which she had had for three years and never before used . |
| 6 | In National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King ( 1930 ) 46 T.L.R. 594 ; 47 T.L.R. 110 the suppliant company claimed repayment of betting duty which they had paid for three years in respect of the operation of a totalisator . |
| 7 | Stravinsky was then 28 , and much influenced by the gorgeous and sumptuous orchestration of Rimsky-Korsakov , with whom he had studied for three years . |