Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [be] [v-ing] [prep] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 3 | Police are growing increasingly worried about a mentally handicapped man who 's been missing for three days . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In fact , like the many German towns vying with one another in the Eighties , Nîmes decided on the building before it even had a collection to put into it , and since 1984 it has been buying in three areas with assistance from funds specially designated by the State for regional museums to collect contemporary works : French art from 1960 to 1990 , with the Nouveau Réalisme and Figuration Libre via the Support-Surface movement ; the Mediterranean scene , with art from southern France , Spain and Italy , with Arte Povera and the Transavanguardia , and represented by artists such as Jose Maria Sicilia , Miquel Barcelo , Susanna Solano , Janis Kounellis , Mario Merz , Giuseppe Penone and Enzo Cucchi ; a taste of English and German tendencies , with Richard Long , Hamish Fulton , Gerhard Richter , Imi Knoebel , Helmut Dorner and others . |
| 7 | Now when it 's been travelling for three hours it goes through Manchester . |
| 8 | He 's been going for three hours . |