Example sentences of "has [verb] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A student nowadays has to graft for three years on a pittance of a grant , begging the government for a loan and at the same time being excluded from any welfare benefits . |
2 | A law to encourage the industry to take back and reuse its rubble has languished for three years in the environment ministry . |
3 | The scheme has run for three years and , during that time , around 180 dogs and bitches have been neutered . |
4 | ‘ It gave her quite a shock , ’ said Bob Murray , managing director of the International Freight firm in Small Heath , Birmingham , where Carolyn has worked for three years . |
5 | Jo emphasised the need for good movement and footwork on the court and acknowledged the work of her fitness advisor , Len Heppel , with whom she has worked for three years . |
6 | Mr Diplexcito , who has fought for three years to get a suitable house for his family — he has been offered several by the district and regional authorities — said : ‘ My wife and daughters will be staying with relatives , but I only have the car as a roof over my head . |
7 | They were staying on the eighth floor of the apartment block in the Upper Downtown financial area of the city where their daughter , Anne , a registered nurse , has lived for three years . |
8 | By case law the definition applies when this pattern has existed for three years or more . |
9 | But of course all that has changed for three reasons . |