Example sentences of "i have [verb] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The only time I 've ever frozen in an exam was when I 'd gone for three exams solid without kip , one after the other , and I just brain and the other ones were a real struggle and I had to graft my marks out of solid granite y'know I was chiselling away . |
2 | Although Iceland had changed some years before to driving on the right , the bus which was well past its sell-by date — was right-hand drive ; the first bit of England I had seen for three weeks . |
3 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |
4 | And the pain I 've had for three years was far worse . |
5 | I 've , I have tried for three weeks to get my Windows loaded and |
6 | ‘ I have come for three hours while Joe is selling the pigs . ’ |