Example sentences of "[verb] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On average , we met for three hours every ten days , constantly revising , exchanging and criticising so that in the end we had both had a hand in everything . |
| 2 | Essentially , they are glorified leisure centres — Butlins for the Costa Brava generation , a way of feeling like you 're abroad without having to wait for three hours at Gatwick Airport . |
| 3 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |
| 4 | And I 've got to wait for three weeks before I know ! |
| 5 | Today they fly south to see a seventh-century Buddha statue and Buddhist temple before boarding a flight to Hong Kong , where the prince will stay for three days while the princess flies home . |
| 6 | The evening ends early in the evening at the Holiday Inn Civic Centre where you will stay for three nights . |
| 7 | ‘ I can stay for three weeks , if you 'd like me to , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Stopped for three months under all three Waverley criteria . |
| 9 | Stopped for three months under third Waverley criterion . |
| 10 | Stopped for three months under third Waverley criterion . |
| 11 | Stopped for three months under third Waverley criterion . |
| 12 | Stopped for three months under second and third Waverley criteria . |
| 13 | Stopped for three months under third Waverley criterion . |
| 14 | Stopped for three months under second and third Waverley criteria . |
| 15 | Stopped for three months under all three Waverley criteria . |
| 16 | Stopped for three months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 17 | Stopped for three months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 18 | Stopped for three months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 19 | Stopped for three months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 20 | Stopped for three months under first and third Waverley criteria . |
| 21 | Stopped for three months under first and third Waverley criteria . |
| 22 | Stopped for three months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 23 | Stopped for three months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 24 | Stopped for three months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 25 | Stopped for three months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 26 | Stopped for three months under first and second Waverley criteria . |
| 27 | Stopped for three months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 28 | Stopped for three months under the first and second Waverley criteria . |
| 29 | Nose : A very effective place to hit for three reasons : great pain , temporary loss of vision , but no lasting injury . |
| 30 | These days you do not have to go for matching suites of furniture in the dining room , any more than you have to go for three piece suites in the living room . |