Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] for three " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your legs are wrecked for three or four days ’ |
| 2 | The fighting was caused for three reasons : different sides kept stealing cattle ; everybody was searching for new land ; and according to the Romans the Celts liked fighting . |
| 3 | FORMER Liverpool City Council union official Tony Gavin was jailed for three months at Liverpool Crown Court for theft this afternoon . |
| 4 | On Monday , at Teesside Crown Court , Sigsworth was jailed for three years after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent , wounding , assault causing actual bodily harm and two offences of burglary . |
| 5 | LONDON was plunged into chaos last night when two of its busiest rail stations were closed for three hours by a bomb scare . |
| 6 | During the American War of Independence ( 1775–82 ) British troops were besieged for three weeks in the autumn of 1779 in Savannah , Georgia , by French and American troops , but successfully repulsed the attack . |
| 7 | The mortgage is fixed for three years at 10.3pc ( APR 10.9pc ) and is designed to appeal to home buyers seeking an affordable mortgage with inbuild stability of payments . |
| 8 | During my time at the Centre , the strict vegan , detoxifying diet was recommended for three months as a minimum ; only after that should one go to the ‘ stay well diet ’ which does allow a little fish and eggs . |
| 9 | The funeral was delayed for three hours after members of Katherine 's family complained that the wrong grave had been opened for the ceremony . |
| 10 | A MAN who abused a young girl for four years was jailed for three months at Stirling Sheriff Court yesterday after a television programme had prompted the child to talk to her mother . |
| 11 | My husband was banned for three years after he 'd killed me . ’ |
| 12 | The hearing at Coleford magistrates court was adjourned for three weeks . |
| 13 | His wife , who was alleged to have aided and abetted him on the second occasion was jailed for three years after a two-day trial . |
| 14 | An eighteen-year-old boy who had flown from India to marry a Calcutta girl now living in Liverpool was detained for three days by the officials , who suspected him of being under age and of using marriage as a trick to get a work permit . |
| 15 | Last year the company lost £30,000 worth of fish bound for the Spanish market when the consignment was blocked for three days outside Toulouse by French lorry drivers protesting about restrictions on the hours they could drive . |
| 16 | The rest of the cast were called for three to do a complete rehearsal of all the scenes he was in . |
| 17 | The usual advice is to wait for three menstrual cycles to go by , which is roughly the same as three months . |
| 18 | TWENTY-ONE-YEAR OLD Hazel Rodgers is preparing for three months ‘ voluntary work in America after being chosen to represent the Royal Bank in this year 's Winant and Clayton Volunteer Scheme . |
| 19 | Derby found a means of holding his leader to ransom : a meeting of Lancashire Unionists which threatened to disown the new policy was adjourned for three weeks at his suggestion . |
| 20 | This miracle was remembered for three reasons : |
| 21 | The start was delayed for three hours partly because the bowlers ' run-ups were damp and partly because vandals , protesting about the omission of Deryck Murray , the local captain , had left wet patches on the pitch — and thrown a good few bottles around as well . |
| 22 | DARLINGTON Memorial Hospital managers are still investigating claims that a 90year-old woman was forgotten for three hours while waiting for an operation . |
| 23 | Biotinylated anti-mouse IgG and Streptavidin were applied for three hours or 30 minutes , respectively , whereas the subclass specific goat anti-mouse IgG conjugates were applied for 12 hours . |
| 24 | Zeolite is used for three days , every two weeks . |
| 25 | A man was jailed for three years in Cardiff for burglary . |
| 26 | A 48-YEAR-OLD Angus man was jailed for three years yesterday for using lewd and indecent practices to a girl and her older sister over a period of 17 years . |
| 27 | In Scotland last year , husbands lost their immunity from rape in marriage after a test case , and earlier this year , in Leicester , a man was jailed for three years for the lesser offence of attempting to rape his wife . |
| 28 | One man was imprisoned for three years for possessing the gun and one for one year ( suspended for two years ) for stealing a car and having no insurance . |
| 29 | A small bag of zeolite was used for three days , every two weeks to keep ammonia in check . |
| 30 | At the midpoint of the ileum , 0.020 mmol of PABA-UDCA disulphate ( 15.0 mg ) or PABA-UDCA ( 10.0 mg ) in a slightly basic ( pH 7.5 ) aqueous solution was injected into the lumen , and bile was collected for three hours . |