Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [prep] three year " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 She and Caan had been separated for three years .
3 The woman did not return to complete the divorce , although she had been separated for three years .
4 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 ’ .
5 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 .
6 He left his wife six years ago and has been divorced for three years .
7 No-one has been executed for three years , human rights groups said .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 The Lombard brothers and Mike Waterlane , however , scored a goal apiece to put Rutshire into Sunday 's final against the mighty South Sussex , who had n't been beaten for three years .
12 A Nottingham car salesman who went with two prostitutes aged fourteen and fifteen has been jailed for three years .
13 A Nottingham car salesman who went with two prostitutes aged fourteen and fifteen has been jailed for three years .
14 A burglar who fell through the roof of a shop and down a ventilator shaft has been jailed for three years .
15 A solicitor , Angus Diggle , has been jailed for three years for attempted rape in Scotland .
16 SIX members of a North-East car theft gang have each been jailed for three years after an 18-month undercover police operation .
17 A paid-up policy is only available if premiums have been paid for three years and the reduced sum is £400 or more .
18 An ayatollah had been released from three years " detention and mobs took to the streets to celebrate .
19 The Eddie Aikau was supposed to be an annual event , but it had not been held in three years for want of perfect conditions .
20 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 .
21 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 .
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