Example sentences of "[pron] for [adv] three [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cos he came round the next week and talked to me , he had a quick chat with me for about three hours ! |
| 2 | Houghton has worked with them for nearly three years but at times still feels like a stranger . |
| 3 | I 've had them for over three years now and they have n't remembered a single birthday or Christmas . |
| 4 | He 'd heard nothing from them for over three months , and was forced to assume that they were either dead , or prisoners of the Nazis . |
| 5 | You 're only , I think you 're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I 've been using them for about three years . |
| 6 | I can get if for you for about three pounds for the pure crystals . |
| 7 | ‘ Listen , I 've been with him for nearly three hours , Bern . ’ |
| 8 | She had n't seen him for nearly three months and she was struck anew by his good looks . |
| 9 | I 've known him for about three years and we get on fine as friends . |
| 10 | I was very , very sorry , but I just left the letter around and did n't see him for about three years . |
| 11 | I 've been on it for over three years and I 'm quite concerned about some of the things I 've heard tonight and I 'm going to make an appointment |
| 12 | They did not bother to rid the cellar of its bolted-down bed or the length of chain that had tethered Simon to it for over three weeks . |
| 13 | I do n't really know , I 've had it for about three week . |
| 14 | ‘ She has been doing it for about three years . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've used it for about three years . |