Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for about three " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Samantha and Leanne were on heart monitors for about three days after it happened . |
| 2 | It has been estimated that tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking account for about three quarters of all oral and pharyngeal cancers [ 4 ] . |
| 3 | The chase over the ice continued for about three weeks . |
| 4 | Nine hundred of the strongest men worked for about three hours to lift me on to the platform , and one thousand five hundred of the King 's largest horses ( each eleven and a half centimetres high ) pulled me to the capital . |
| 5 | Each heat lasts for about three to five minutes , with the final often being a series of three races . |