Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was very overactive and had not slept for three nights . |
| 2 | Blood from a donor infected within the past three months would not be picked out because the test detected antibodies that are not produced for three months . |
| 3 | ‘ I did not show today because I have not trained for three weeks , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ It was to be , ’ he recalled , ‘ the first of the kitchen-sink comedies , but , unfortunately , it was not released for three years , making it the last of the kitchen-sink comedies . ’ |
| 5 | Firstly , a company would only be able to issue preference shares with limited or no voting rights up to 50% of its issued share capital and , if the preference dividends were not paid for three years , the shares would then acquire full voting rights . |
| 6 | Or : ‘ Jane Ryle says she has n't slept for three nights . ’ |
| 7 | Len said carefully , ‘ When my dad died , he and my mum had n't spoken for three years . |
| 8 | Blades boss Dave Bassett , whose team have n't scored for three games , wanted to reunite Agana with England striker Brian Deane . |
| 9 | That 's not to say they are things that are happening this month that , that I have n't planned for three months ago . |
| 10 | I had n't ridden for three years . |