Example sentences of "[noun] had been [verb] for three " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figures were much the same after the experiment had been running for three months , but 83% thought the experiment should continue . |
| 2 | Thirty nine infants ( 18% ) in group A and 44 ( 24% ) in group B had been vomiting for three weeks or more before admission . |
| 3 | His meeting had been timed for three o'clock . |
| 4 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
| 5 | She and Caan had been separated for three years . |