Example sentences of "have been [verb] [prep] three years " in BNC.
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1 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
2 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
5 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |
6 | A Nottingham car salesman who went with two prostitutes aged fourteen and fifteen has been jailed for three years . |
7 | A Nottingham car salesman who went with two prostitutes aged fourteen and fifteen has been jailed for three years . |
8 | A burglar who fell through the roof of a shop and down a ventilator shaft has been jailed for three years . |
9 | A solicitor , Angus Diggle , has been jailed for three years for attempted rape in Scotland . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
13 | The BA Honours Degree in Retail Marketing , formulated by JS and Manchester Metropolitan University , has been running for three years and the two parties have now formally signed a contract securing the future of the programme . |
14 | THE protection order on the River Tay , which prohibits fishing for freshwater species without official permits , has been continued for three years by the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang . |
15 | A COACH , who became so incensed with his opposite number at an U8 match in New Zealand , has been banned for three years for punching and knocking him unconscious with the result that specialist surgery might be required for a fractured cheek bone and other complications . |
16 | He left his wife six years ago and has been divorced for three years . |
17 | No-one has been executed for three years , human rights groups said . |
18 | 7 Certificates at the end of the petition : ( a ) the period of search for prior petitions has been reduced to three years ; ( b ) where a statutory demand is based wholly or in part on a county court judgment the following certificate , which replaces the affidavit or county court search , is to be added : " I/We certify that on the day of 19 I/we attended on the County Court and was/were informed by an officer of the court that no money had been paid into court in the action or matter . |
19 | this chap was here last week he bought this pine table up , got his key , and he 'd been working for three years in Norway |
20 | She and Caan had been separated for three years . |
21 | The woman did not return to complete the divorce , although she had been separated for three years . |
22 | 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 ’ . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | An ayatollah had been released from three years " detention and mobs took to the streets to celebrate . |
25 | ITV has been thrown into disarray because the current franchises have been extended for three years while the Government introduces a new free market framework . |
26 | Japanese share prices have been falling for three years and have more than halved in value since the peaks reached in 1989 . |
27 | Micropal measures volatility for all unit trusts which have been going for three years . |
28 | A paid-up policy is only available if premiums have been paid for three years and the reduced sum is £400 or more . |
29 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |