Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] for three " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose , for example , you are employed for three years , of which the first is to be spent abroad and the other two in Great Britain . |
| 2 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 3 | For entering churches in Bristol ‘ to bear testimony against their formalities ’ , she was imprisoned for three months in 1654 . |
| 4 | They are issued for three months ( 91 days ) at a weekly tender ( an auction where bids are submitted in writing ) . |
| 5 | No er in the Methodist er ci circuits they move them on , they 're , they 're invited for three years . |
| 6 | Sometimes they 're gone for three or four days at a time . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was extended for three days after officials reported violence had dropped below the average 30 killings a day . |
| 9 | It was estimated for three and a half . |
| 10 | When he returned , however , he was hit for three fours and a six in one over by the Trinidadian , who then crashed van Zyl over extra cover for another six . |
| 11 | Following a series of strikes in 1981 , he was detained for three months , during which time he became a " born-again " Christian . |
| 12 | He was jailed for three years , as was his accomplice Bernard Lynch , a ‘ freelance ’ accountant from south London . |
| 13 | He was jailed for three months . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In his early undergraduate days , he was banned for three months and fined £100 for driving dad 's car at 112mph . |
| 16 | In 1884 he was articled for three years to the architect Robert Edis . |