Example sentences of "[pron] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've got all my money and I 've had no dinner meself for three days , ’ I said . |
| 2 | Sapt talked to me for three hours about what I must do and what I must say , what I liked and what I did n't like . |
| 3 | He has n't been near me for three years . ’ |
| 4 | The ones that a friend of mine who was once in the TA has been promising to get me for three years now . |
| 5 | ‘ WHEN I knelt at the spot where Donald died I felt a knot that has been tied up inside me for three years slowly unravel . |
| 6 | Nobody came to see me for three days . |
| 7 | if I , if I sleep some one else 's house she flips and do n't speak to me for three days , but she goes off you know , I do n't mind that at all , but its just the fact that she 's so hypercritical |
| 8 | Later on in my undergraduate career I was lucky enough to be given some teaching by Dr Douglas Ross , consultant in Glasgow , and had personal experience of the efficacy of homoeopathy when he cured the gingivitis ( inflammation of the gums ) which had been plaguing me for three weeks with a homoeopathic preparation of mercury . |
| 9 | I tell you one thing I 'm slightly starting to regret inviting my girlfriend to come and stay with me for three weeks in France . |
| 10 | Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds |
| 11 | It has been known for caterers to come in at 8am , turn all the ovens on and not use them for three hours . ’ |
| 12 | They had known all along they had a good , competitive car ; a single mistake had mired them for three races ; it was now solved and they could build for the future . |
| 13 | Similarly , Charlie 's incarnation as a Norse explorer among the Skroelings , ending when a man who seems to be Erik the Red took his crew and ‘ steered them for three days among floating ice , each floe crowded with strange beasts that ‘ tried to sail with us , ’ said Charlie , ‘ and we beat them back with the handles of the oars ’ surely relates to the long sea voyage , an account of which originally formed the bulk of the ‘ Death by Water ’ section . |
| 14 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 15 | When he only bought them for three X ? |
| 16 | What I was able to do in that instance was play all the symphonies through with the orchestra and then forget about them for three months . |
| 17 | Their antioxidant protects them for three months against deterioration , but one respected manufacturer actually limits production to minimise stockpiling . |
| 18 | She stayed with them for three months and as well as looking after their daughter Alexandra she cleaned and cooked . |
| 19 | he bought them for three quid ? |
| 20 | So in some groups , if I say right , this client 's willing to commit himself for three years minimum , they 'll discount the initial charge down to about two percent . |
| 21 | This brochure remembers the Thun-Hohensteins , who for three centuries made the castle an artistic centre in North Bohemia , and the close links between this family — Bohemian patriots for the last 200 years — and the political and cultural life of the country . |
| 22 | Green wood advise this should last you for three days forging , so phone them on 071 249 5848 . |
| 23 | And the same thing , that if a major client like the Health and Safety Executive said to me , Ricky we 're running a regional training week in the last week of November , and we want you for three days , you know , I , I do n't say to them well look you know , well two of those days are catch up days , I ca n't possibly do it , why do n't you move your whole regional training week to next week ? |
| 24 | I suggest that the figures you 've got before you are not terribly , terribly useful , and that you do invite domiciliary health to come back to you for three months to talk to you about their work in terms of the visits , the visits that they do . |
| 25 | ‘ Say what you like , there 's no way I 'm going to agree to work for you for three years . |
| 26 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 27 | The US does n't want one for three reasons . |
| 28 | This practice of marking searches , requisitions , etc , should be an invariable one for three reasons : ( 1 ) it compels you to consider each question and reply before marking it ; ( 2 ) it will save your time in selecting answers that require further action , and will avoid your reading through the enquiries again later on to make sure that the replies to them are in order ; and ( 3 ) it is a permanent record that at the time of the transaction you not only made your search , etc , but duly considered and dealt with the replies . |
| 29 | Will you buy me one of those from Mark One for three pounds please ? |
| 30 | ‘ I 've heard people talking about Chris De Burgh 's new album — first one for three years — and Springsteen — first one for five years . |