Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 2 | For entering churches in Bristol ‘ to bear testimony against their formalities ’ , she was imprisoned for three months in 1654 . |
| 3 | In 1707 , Gibraltar became besieged by the Spaniards and it was defended for three years by General Elliot , who became Lord Heathfield and who bought Heathfield House , facing Turnham Green , from Lord Egmont , in 1789 . |
| 4 | It was extended for three days after officials reported violence had dropped below the average 30 killings a day . |
| 5 | It was missing for three years , until recovered unharmed from Bothwell Brig in Lanarkshire . |
| 6 | Following a series of strikes in 1981 , he was detained for three months , during which time he became a " born-again " Christian . |
| 7 | He was jailed for three years , as was his accomplice Bernard Lynch , a ‘ freelance ’ accountant from south London . |
| 8 | He was jailed for three months . |
| 9 | He was jailed for three months suspended for two years on each of the Customs offences and fined £100 on each of the police charges . |
| 10 | In his early undergraduate days , he was banned for three months and fined £100 for driving dad 's car at 112mph . |
| 11 | In 1884 he was articled for three years to the architect Robert Edis . |
| 12 | At the University , pursuing his hope of becoming an archaeologist ( he may really have meant an antiquarian ) , he was studying for three Honours Degrees . |
| 13 | I thought he was going for three weeks . |