Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
| 2 | Geraldine , who worked as accounts clerk at Yarmouth Marine Base left to accompany her RAF husband to Cyprus where he has been posted for three years . |
| 3 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 4 | Our first call , Burgoynes Garage , which has been broken into three times . |
| 5 | However , when it arrived in Suffolk it had been broken into three pieces , so the star quickly agreed to send a replacement . |
| 6 | People living in the areas had been exposed to three times the acceptable level of ionising radiation . |
| 7 | In the few hours since she had brought the house down she had been interviewed by three tabloids , Sky Television and by Tony Howard for ‘ Newsnight ’ . |
| 8 | These are not , of course , known , but the pay-offs have been forecast for three levels , high , medium and low . |
| 9 | These are not , of course , known , but the pay-offs have been forecast for three levels , high , medium and low . |
| 10 | Consultation date has been picked for three weeks on Tuesday . |
| 11 | Leith 's catering company has been hired to look after the Press at the stadium , which has been booked for three weeks . |
| 12 | Traditionally the criminal work in the busy city magistrates ' courts had been dominated by three firms . |
| 13 | America , like Spain itself , had been ruined by three centuries of theological intolerance and political despotism ; if a unitary liberal constitution was the remedy in Spain , it must also be the remedy in America . |
| 14 | The large Ionic Temple of Artemis at Sardis seems to have been built in three phases . |
| 15 | A computer retailer has been operating for three years under the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES " and has a chain of stores in the South of England . |
| 16 | Thirty nine infants ( 18% ) in group A and 44 ( 24% ) in group B had been vomiting for three weeks or more before admission . |
| 17 | Fullback Marty Roebuck continues to be in the wars and suffered a broken jaw in a pre-season club trial , while Test hooker Phil Kearns has been sidelined for three weeks with knee trouble . |
| 18 | She and Caan had been separated for three years . |
| 19 | The woman did not return to complete the divorce , although she had been separated for three years . |
| 20 | They found that the mammals had been separated into three groups . |
| 21 | The point has therefore now been made with three examples that it is usually carbonate facies that are so remarkably persistent in a lateral sense . |
| 22 | Reference has already been made to three Conventions under which the requirement of connection to a Contracting State is satisfied where the rules of private international law lead to the application of a Contracting State . |
| 23 | If no firm offer has been made within three months the farmer is free to go ahead with his original plans . |
| 24 | In view of the new wording of Condition 2 the claimant must produce , if loss or damage is sustained while in the care of an airline , a Property Irregularity Report , a copy of the formal written notice to the airline which should have been written within three days of loss or damage and all travel tickets and tags . |
| 25 | Barbara Allsopp and her husband Alan have n't been seen for three days . |
| 26 | EXPERT OPINION Gary Hollyhead , head chef at Sutherlands Restaurant , prefers his beef to have been hung for three weeks , for maximum tenderness and the best flavour . |
| 27 | She had been sentenced to three months in jail . |
| 28 | Dorje had been sentenced to three years of hard labour , but according to the Chinese Government , he ‘ showed signs of reform ’ and ‘ was granted early release ’ . |
| 29 | A joyrider who crashed his car and killed a partially sighted pensioner has been sentenced to three years custody for causing death by dangerous driving . |
| 30 | We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines . |