Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] [prep] 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 | They found that the mammals had been separated into three groups . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Betty Bell was the chief informant about Harold Shoosmith for she had been engaged for three mornings and three evenings a week . |
| 6 | She had been sentenced to three months in jail . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | However , his candidature in 1911 had been aided by three factors : he was a Conservative rather than a Liberal Unionist , but he was the sort of Conservative who would be acceptable to Liberal Unionists as well ; he was a diehard in opinion , but he had remained loyal to Balfour 's policy throughout the recent twists and turns ; and he had staked a claim by his abandonment of his safe London seat to fight North-West Manchester in December 1910 ( at no real risk , for an alternative safe seat was always available to him if and when he lost ) . |
| 9 | After indifferent form in the early games , the first Test at Sabina Park , where four years earlier they had been annihilated in three days , was upon them . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The German defences north of South Vaagsö had been bombed by three Blenheims an hour or so earlier , no doubt adding to the confusion at the German 181 Division 's headquarters for they had no clear picture of events and a patrol sent down from the northern defences lost two men at the road-block . |
| 12 | This muscle-bound conversion worked well , except that the tractor got too hot during protracted work , even though it had been fitted with three radiators . |
| 13 | It was the first time in the tournament Graf had been extended to three sets , and the seven games Sabatini won in the second set were just one fewer than Graf had conceded in her four previous rounds . |
| 14 | People living in the areas had been exposed to three times the acceptable level of ionising radiation . |
| 15 | However , when it arrived in Suffolk it had been broken into three pieces , so the star quickly agreed to send a replacement . |
| 16 | Lady Dawn Kennedy , 31 , was remanded in custody accused of falsely claiming she had been raped by three men . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | Traditionally the criminal work in the busy city magistrates ' courts had been dominated by three firms . |
| 19 | The vast room of 21.3 x 5.4m ( 70 x 18ft ) had been divided into three classrooms separated by half-glazed partitions . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | An ayatollah had been released from three years " detention and mobs took to the streets to celebrate . |