Example sentences of "been [v-ing] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 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 | Thirty nine infants ( 18% ) in group A and 44 ( 24% ) in group B had been vomiting for three weeks or more before admission . |
| 4 | We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines . |
| 5 | He 's been going for three hours . |
| 6 | Micropal measures volatility for all unit trusts which have been going for three years . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
| 10 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Erm my course has only been running for three years . |
| 13 | Cos it 's only been running for three years |
| 14 | The figures were much the same after the experiment had been running for three months , but 83% thought the experiment should continue . |
| 15 | Voluntary Project administrator Roy Montgomery is convinced the scheme , which has been running for three months , is a major success — and a lifeline for local young people . |
| 16 | Now when it 's been travelling for three hours it goes through Manchester . |
| 17 | do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ? |
| 18 | Japanese share prices have been falling for three years and have more than halved in value since the peaks reached in 1989 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | If he had been working for three days and three nights then it was in the suit he was wearing now , and his shoes had mud on them , and Erlich did n't think Ruane would be impressed . |
| 23 | Police are growing increasingly worried about a mentally handicapped man who 's been missing for three days . |