Example sentences of "[v-ing] for three " 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 | Ireland have just named their panel of 16 and a study of the 20 nations who will be in Nairobi , bidding for three places in the World Cup proper the following year , emphatically illustrates the mountainous task confronting the Irish . |
| 3 | Ireland have just named their panel of 16 and a study of the 20 nations who will be in Nairobi , bidding for three places in the World Cup proper the following year , emphatically illustrates the mountainous task confronting the Irish . |
| 4 | A motorist who was five times over the drink-drive limit , twice within 24 hours , was put on probation for two years , and banned from driving for three years by magistrates at Exeter . |
| 5 | She was fined £3,900 , ordered to forfeit her Ford Fiesta car , worth £800 , and banned from driving for three years . |
| 6 | But the legal tangle surrounding ‘ culpability ’ was never really unravelled : no eye-witnesses , contradictory evidence on possible mechanical faults , discrepancies about the time recorded for the breathalyser test — these factors resulted in Kemp getting away comparatively lightly , being banned from driving for three years only , with what must have seemed to many the derisory fine of only four hundred pounds . |
| 7 | The jewellery tycoon Gerald Ratner has been banned from driving for three weeks for doing more than a hundred miles an hour on the motorway . |
| 8 | PETER Anthony George , 41 , of Amberley Close , Moreton , was fined £315 and banned from driving for three years by Wirral magistrates . |
| 9 | John Turnbull , 49 , of Minehead Gardens , Silksworth , Sunderland , was yesterday banned from driving for three years , fined £450 and ordered to pay costs of £25 by Durham City magistrates after pleading guilty to driving with excess alcohol . |
| 10 | Magistrates banned Wilson , who is working as a labourer in the Darlington area , from driving for three years and fined him £350 . |
| 11 | A MOTORCYCLIST who had been drinking and was doing 122mph when stopped by police on the M9 near Linlithgow , was fined £350 and banned from driving for three years at Linlithgow Sheriff Court yesterday . |
| 12 | Thirty nine infants ( 18% ) in group A and 44 ( 24% ) in group B had been vomiting for three weeks or more before admission . |
| 13 | res. with flagpole in landscaped garden and garaging for three motors , Marjorie had picked the curtains , ordered the colour schemes , hired the gardener and packed two large freezers with ready-cooked meals for two from Marks and Spencer 's . |
| 14 | ‘ By adding up the days migraine stole from me in the past , I calculate that I shall be able to enjoy living for three extra weeks in a year ! ’ |
| 15 | He also served the king , acting for three periods as justice of Chester and holding the usual range of local commissions . |
| 16 | TANDY LOOKING FOR THREE MORE BUYERS |
| 17 | In our selection procedure we are looking for three main characteristics . |
| 18 | THREE GUYS 17-18 YEARS OLD looking for three girls in the Eastbourne area who are into heavy metal and skateboarding- Photos please- Check this out ! ! |
| 19 | But to get why when er why we want to pay your commission and er it it 's because we are looking for three pieces of paper |
| 20 | They came home from the sortie on Sunday knowing that the next time they sit down to pick an Under-25 international side they will be looking for three new skips . |
| 21 | But she has been able to provide brief descriptions and detectives are now looking for three youths . |
| 22 | Police said they were looking for three young men in connection with the raid on Wednesday night . |
| 23 | So reading lamp , toothbrush and three marks so we 're looking for three of them . |
| 24 | Magistrates agreed to delay sentencing for three months so he could take the holiday . |
| 25 | I did stop smoking for three months and then with everyone else around us , I mean I was putting on weight and then I went back to smoking . |
| 26 | Cells were detached from flasks by first washing three times with Ca 2 + - and Mg 2 + -free phosphate buffered saline and then incubating for three minutes at 37°C with the same phosphate buffered saline to which 0.02% ( w/v ) EDTA had been added . |
| 27 | You could feel the dismay amongst the Leeds players and their fans as it thundered past John Lukic and into the back of the net , leaving them searching for three goals to progress in the competition . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | With inflation under four per cent and unemployment heading for three million , there was no justification for big increases , the Board of Trade President told the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 30 | Fair value , which drops to 22 on Monday , is the notional premium for buying all Footsie stocks now but not paying for three months , taking into account both dividend payments and interest costs . |