Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [vb pp] for three [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She and Caan had been separated for three years .
2 The woman did not return to complete the divorce , although she had been separated for three years .
3 Betty Bell was the chief informant about Harold Shoosmith for she had been engaged for three mornings and three evenings a week .
4 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 .
5 He had been banned for three years for drink-driving in January , 1991. 18-month ban A DRINK-driver fractured three ribs when his car hit a skip , Wirral magistrates were told yesterday .
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