Example sentences of "been [verb] for 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 | A computer retailer has been operating for three years under the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES " and has a chain of stores in the South of England . |
| 3 | She and Caan had been separated for three years . |
| 4 | The woman did not return to complete the divorce , although she had been separated for three years . |
| 5 | Micropal measures volatility for all unit trusts which have been going for three years . |
| 6 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 7 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 8 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
| 9 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 10 | The BA Honours Degree in Retail Marketing , formulated by JS and Manchester Metropolitan University , has been running for three years and the two parties have now formally signed a contract securing the future of the programme . |
| 11 | Erm my course has only been running for three years . |
| 12 | Cos it 's only been running for three years |
| 13 | He left his wife six years ago and has been divorced for three years . |
| 14 | No-one has been executed for three years , human rights groups said . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Japanese share prices have been falling for three years and have more than halved in value since the peaks reached in 1989 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A Nottingham car salesman who went with two prostitutes aged fourteen and fifteen has been jailed for three years . |
| 20 | A Nottingham car salesman who went with two prostitutes aged fourteen and fifteen has been jailed for three years . |
| 21 | A burglar who fell through the roof of a shop and down a ventilator shaft has been jailed for three years . |
| 22 | A solicitor , Angus Diggle , has been jailed for three years for attempted rape in Scotland . |
| 23 | SIX members of a North-East car theft gang have each been jailed for three years after an 18-month undercover police operation . |
| 24 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 25 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |
| 26 | A paid-up policy is only available if premiums have been paid for three years and the reduced sum is £400 or more . |
| 27 | this chap was here last week he bought this pine table up , got his key , and he 'd been working for three years in Norway |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |