Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [adv] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been raining for over three hours , and the hide Duncan lay in was filled with water . |
| 2 | Mr Gough said that the merger discussions had been completed in just three weeks . |
| 3 | Had it been accepted , the District would have been confined to only three centres in Norfolk — Norwich , Great Yarmouth and King 's Lynn and would have withdrawn from at least ten other centres at which WEA branches had existed , some from the early twenties . |
| 4 | The windows had been closed for nearly three months and the place had a dusty smell that got into your throat and made your eyes smart . |
| 5 | He had been employed for only three weeks . |
| 6 | Cray Computer says that at least one prototype has been running for about three weeks and hopes to have one ready to demonstrate by the end of this summer . |
| 7 | At one site , the amount of coral had been halved in just three years . |
| 8 | ‘ The Joint Parole Board/Home Office Committee was established in 1973 to give initial consideration , usually after a life sentence prisoner had been detained for about three years in custody , to the date for the first formal consideration of the case by the Parole Board machinery . |
| 9 | After an electrolysis current had been passed for about three months ( to charge the palladium with hydrogen ) , a small excess of heat was observed of the order of one watt or less . |
| 10 | It has indeed made a saving of some £3 billion , but the costs of the rebates paid so far has been estimated at around three times that much . |
| 11 | In a copy of Burma Today for March 1945 , which has somehow survived in my papers , I see an editorial which I wrote under the heading ‘ Britain 's Best Ambassador ’ , namely the BOR ( British Other Ranks ) , who had been fighting for over three years to liberate Burma . |
| 12 | The Lemonheads have been touring for about three months , first in America and now in Europe , and this has been the first real glitch they 've encountered . |