Example sentences of "was [verb] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The funeral was delayed for three hours after members of Katherine 's family complained that the wrong grave had been opened for the ceremony . |
| 2 | The start was delayed for three hours partly because the bowlers ' run-ups were damp and partly because vandals , protesting about the omission of Deryck Murray , the local captain , had left wet patches on the pitch — and thrown a good few bottles around as well . |
| 3 | During my time at the Centre , the strict vegan , detoxifying diet was recommended for three months as a minimum ; only after that should one go to the ‘ stay well diet ’ which does allow a little fish and eggs . |
| 4 | DARLINGTON Memorial Hospital managers are still investigating claims that a 90year-old woman was forgotten for three hours while waiting for an operation . |
| 5 | In 1884 he was articled for three years to the architect Robert Edis . |
| 6 | The driver Robert Bain was trapped for three hours . |
| 7 | At Pontefract yesterday Isobel Brown , who said her last permanent address was Moscow , was committed for three months in the second division for having delivered a speech at Castleford on Wednesday likely to cause disaffection . |
| 8 | At the midpoint of the ileum , 0.020 mmol of PABA-UDCA disulphate ( 15.0 mg ) or PABA-UDCA ( 10.0 mg ) in a slightly basic ( pH 7.5 ) aqueous solution was injected into the lumen , and bile was collected for three hours . |
| 9 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 10 | A small bag of zeolite was used for three days , every two weeks to keep ammonia in check . |
| 11 | Sentence was postponed for three weeks . |
| 12 | I thought he was going for three weeks . |
| 13 | In 1707 , Gibraltar became besieged by the Spaniards and it was defended for three years by General Elliot , who became Lord Heathfield and who bought Heathfield House , facing Turnham Green , from Lord Egmont , in 1789 . |
| 14 | The pause was to last for three years . |
| 15 | This can be illustrated by Lord Denning 's approach in Crowther v Shannon Motor Co [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 30 where a used Jaguar car with over 82,000 miles on the clock was driven for three weeks covering 2,300 miles before it broke down with engine seizure . |
| 16 | This miracle was remembered for three reasons : |
| 17 | The research follows an earlier ( 1987 ) successful study of the same issues for the period c.1660-1770 which was financed for three months byu The Nuffield Foundation and aided by a British Academy grant for travel and consumables . |
| 18 | No FAA aircraft were lost , output of the refinery was halved for three months , while much of the oil stored in tanks was destroyed . |
| 19 | The fighting was caused for three reasons : different sides kept stealing cattle ; everybody was searching for new land ; and according to the Romans the Celts liked fighting . |
| 20 | Madonna was followed for three years by a 19-stone man who camped outside her New York flat and Julia Roberts was forced to employ an armed guard after a man began trying to visit her home . |
| 21 | Desimir set out with his six wagonloads of treasure , and was gone for three years . |
| 22 | Last year the company lost £30,000 worth of fish bound for the Spanish market when the consignment was blocked for three days outside Toulouse by French lorry drivers protesting about restrictions on the hours they could drive . |
| 23 | Following a series of strikes in 1981 , he was detained for three months , during which time he became a " born-again " Christian . |
| 24 | An eighteen-year-old boy who had flown from India to marry a Calcutta girl now living in Liverpool was detained for three days by the officials , who suspected him of being under age and of using marriage as a trick to get a work permit . |
| 25 | Derby found a means of holding his leader to ransom : a meeting of Lancashire Unionists which threatened to disown the new policy was adjourned for three weeks at his suggestion . |
| 26 | The hearing at Coleford magistrates court was adjourned for three weeks . |
| 27 | His case was adjourned for three weeks . |
| 28 | SUPPLYKITS was negotiating for three businesses , and Adam was handling all three deals : a direct-mail business , a premium-gift business , and a public-relations business . |
| 29 | At the University , pursuing his hope of becoming an archaeologist ( he may really have meant an antiquarian ) , he was studying for three Honours Degrees . |
| 30 | It was extended for three days after officials reported violence had dropped below the average 30 killings a day . |