Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the same later that year when they visited Canada for three weeks . |
| 2 | He survived a fiery burst from Wasim Akram , then cracked DeFreitas for three boundaries in an over . |
| 3 | I had not seen Hugo for three hours . |
| 4 | In return he was promised his hereditary possessions of Luneburg and Brunswick , but ordered to leave Germany for three years , and so returned to England . |
| 5 | He later served Rhodesia for three seasons before retiring at 24 . |
| 6 | Melissa was about to retort that as she had only known Bonard for three days he could hardly be described as a friend of hers , when a surprised , ‘ Well , what do you know ? ’ from Jack made them both glance round . |
| 7 | I grew Triticale for three years with moderate success . |
| 8 | She goes I knew Laurie for three weeks and then after that he moved in with me , in n it , like ? |
| 9 | The Khmers Rouges ran Kampuchea for three years until 1978 , when the invading Vietnamese put them to flight . |