Example sentences of "[been] [prep] three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been through three names already . |
| 2 | I ferried and drove to Great Neck one weekend to see Maggie , an old friend from the Sixties , who 'd been through three husbands and several transformations since we 'd first been King 's Road freaks together . |
| 3 | Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago . |
| 4 | You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days . |
| 5 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 6 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 7 | I have n't been for three years . |
| 8 | On Dec. 21 , 1989 , exactly a year after the Lockerbie bombing [ see pp. 26409-10 ] , a Palestinian identified as a suspect in the crime was given a life sentence by a court in Uppsala , Sweden , having been with three others with terrorist offences in Sweden , Denmark and the Netherlands in 1985-86 [ see p. 37137 ] . |
| 9 | Leeds have been up three days ago . |
| 10 | After I 'd been in three years , I got married . |
| 11 | She 'd been to three lectures . |
| 12 | A renowned ( albeit not a very successful ) crusader who had been on three expeditions , he had met and been entertained by the ablest monarchs in Europe . |
| 13 | ‘ When I arrived for training this morning , my wife had been on three times and I thought something had happened to my little girl , who was in hospital over the weekend . |
| 14 | " He 's been on three legs for a couple o' days . |