Example sentences of "[vb infin] for three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today they fly south to see a seventh-century Buddha statue and Buddhist temple before boarding a flight to Hong Kong , where the prince will stay for three days while the princess flies home . |
| 2 | The evening ends early in the evening at the Holiday Inn Civic Centre where you will stay for three nights . |
| 3 | ‘ I can stay for three weeks , if you 'd like me to , ’ she said . |
| 4 | So please will you consider for three months out of our funds which has to be the to pay her that amount of money or else we can not cope . |
| 5 | A MERSEYRAIL train may not run for three months because of vandals . |
| 6 | Contracts would normally run for three years and applicants would be required to start as soon as possible . |
| 7 | Layton used to go to Leonard 's flat each morning where they would work for three hours or so , though sometimes letting the work run on through the afternoons . |
| 8 | This preserve will keep for three months . |
| 9 | I could n't sleep for three days — I 'm not exaggerating . |
| 10 | Could any man sleep for three nights on a bed with the bloodstained body of his wife beneath it ? |
| 11 | Er as long as the weather 's decent really , I know we 're only gon na go for three days so |
| 12 | would n't go for three years for a grant and just |
| 13 | The sow 's natural instinct is to build a nest of grass and leaves in which to give birth and rear her young , which she would then suckle for three months . |
| 14 | Then , on the seventeenth , he spared them , save for three ringleaders , whose execution in the churchyard the others were forced to watch . |
| 15 | Alison , of Trimdon Avenue , Middlesbrough , told her sister Karen , 26 , she is in a great deal of pain because of her broken rib which will not mend for three months . |
| 16 | So , so there 's that , there 's that kind of incentive behind it and , and , and , and that normal yield is , is gon na operate for three years , if there are improvements we 're still gon na keep that the normal yield tax based exactly the same . |
| 17 | Moreover , the government had earlier proposed that Parliament should sit for three days a week , instead of five . |
| 18 | That her job would n't start for three months suited her particularly well . |
| 19 | Dell claims that the battery will last for three hours in normal use , without taking advantage of any of the power-saving features . |
| 20 | However , record contracts tend to last longer than management agreements ( a management agreement might last for three years while a record contract may go on as long as ten ) . |
| 21 | The Opificio courses will last for three years plus one ‘ finishing ’ year , with specialisations in all fields of restoration , including paintings ; sculpture ; metalwork ; frescoes ; textiles ; and terracotta . |
| 22 | ‘ If a bed is in 365 days a year use , it could last for three years or maybe more , ’ says John Mott of supplier Airsprung Furniture . |
| 23 | The conference , which will last for three days , will be addressed on the opening day by the leader of the Liberal Democrats , Paddy Ashdown . |
| 24 | This course should last for three weeks — if a monthly period occurs during this time , the pessaries should be continued throughout the period . |
| 25 | The auditions will continue for three months . |
| 26 | ‘ To the best of my knowledge the plant will close for three weeks and then come back . ’ |
| 27 | There is also provision for private litigation , whereby private parties can sue for three times the damages inflicted upon them by violations of the law . |