Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was sponsored to be bored to death by a friend , who talked to me non-stop for three hours . ’ |
| 2 | Right , well let's generate the do , discussion and er get you all er involved in something else for three quarters of an hour . |
| 3 | ‘ It looks as though they have been trying to get rid of me here for three years . |
| 4 | He only had a little bit , but they put him away for three years . |
| 5 | Then he was offered a place on the Work Trial scheme — a local garage offered to try him out for three weeks , without obligation , while the Employment Service continued to pay his benefit . |
| 6 | Now she thought that she could give it up for three weeks in the Italian sun . |
| 7 | Kept it up for three weeks . |
| 8 | Before the right hon. Gentleman issues a denial , will he confirm that before the previous election the Tories said that they would continue to pay child benefit as before — only to freeze it immediately for three years when they took office ? |
| 9 | Why did he have to keep it there for three hours ? |
| 10 | I ask you to consider it seriously for three reasons . |
| 11 | ‘ He flew me , and a friend out there , put us up for three nights , then gave us a holiday in the Florida Keys , all paid for ’ . |