Example sentences of "[adv] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We found a neat village south of Peterlee called Elwick , complete with tree-decked , green , Tabatha Twitchet shop and two super pubs , where we lived uneasily for three years . |
| 2 | The Norwich civil servant thought the trip would be a complete waste of time after arriving to find the lake completely frozen over but the pike fed furiously for three hours . |
| 3 | Direct Line Insurance is Britain 's largest direct insurer and had been running at 100,000 new policies or thereabouts for three years . |
| 4 | Cross soon secured his place in the Palace line-up and he held it for a long time , but his partnership with Jack Little for three seasons was a much-admired feature of the Palace defence . |
| 5 | The space is just large enough for three adults but it 's more comfortable for two . |
| 6 | Roger Sippl reckons the market for customer service management software and systems will grow to be as big as the Manufacturing Resource Planning ( MRP ) market is now , and expects there will be room enough for three players . |
| 7 | We then sailed alongside , too close For peace of mind in the lumpy conditions prevailing , but close enough for three cod to be thrown across . |
| 8 | The area so far excavated was the size of a football pitch , and deep enough for three levels of laboratories and workshops that would be concrete-lined . |
| 9 | It was broad enough for three carriages . |
| 10 | ‘ We have enough for three weeks ’ travel , ’ Bicker said . |
| 11 | But it 's awful , sir , not eating much for three days . |
| 12 | Mr Brazier and his senior staff , including deputy head chef Kevin Glasby ( above ) and senior sous chef Nick Bryan , worked virtually around the clock , pausing only for three hours sleep before starting again at 5am . |
| 13 | Would there have been a contract to supply a record if the advertisement had asked only for three wrappers and no money ? |
| 14 | He told her it was only for three weeks , by which time the mortgage would be through . |
| 15 | Mrs. O'Brien said that she believed what her husband told her about the company doing well and having good potential , but she was concerned for her son and felt that it was only for three weeks , and if it would do the trick , she would sign . |
| 16 | It 's only for three weeks till you get your skiing over with . |
| 17 | He used to go to Goose Fair , and all the fairs , whatever they was , but it was only for three days . |
| 18 | This service is restricted to residents in the UK and is valid only for three months from the month of issue . |
| 19 | Seven patients received laser treatment only for three months or more ( median 14 weeks , range 13–39 ) . |
| 20 | Maybe the successful completion of the recording sessions , coupled with the move , persuaded Ken finally to agree to do Gentle Jack — if only for three months . |
| 21 | It 's only for three months mum ! |
| 22 | Well that would be up to the colleges , if they 're commercially astute they 'll say right yeah twenty-five quid for that , in fact it would be a lot less because it 's only for three months |
| 23 | These taxes , to be imposed annually for three years , were intended both to raise revenue and to prevent the conversion of arable land to pasture . |
| 24 | ‘ Alone for three years . ’ |
| 25 | So for three days Ruth took food , and sometimes water , to her cousins , and since the food was of a better variety , Charlotte was tempted into eating . |
| 26 | To make matters worse it was generally believed that the spirit of the child would remain in the body of the mother , and so for three days after the actual birth the mother had to sit by a wood and bamboo fire and sweat out the child 's spirit so that the child should be completed and the mother freed from what was now an alien spirit inside her . |
| 27 | you have to walk so and so for three miles |
| 28 | So for three weeks , six hours a day , I played the music . |
| 29 | Starts 2pm for three hours from Hunter 's Inn . |
| 30 | We have n't been together for three months . |