Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 2 | But to get why when er why we want to pay your commission and er it it 's because we are looking for three pieces of paper |
| 3 | A computer retailer has been operating for three years under the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES " and has a chain of stores in the South of England . |
| 4 | Thirty nine infants ( 18% ) in group A and 44 ( 24% ) in group B had been vomiting for three weeks or more before admission . |
| 5 | At the moment they 're leading by three goals to two as now plays it away to this right hand side to Stewart , makes a charge forward , he 's taking on Chris , he 's getting to the right edge of the penalty area , he crosses low with his right boot , chance for in the area , he turned quickly on it but he blasted the t the shot over the top of the bar . |
| 6 | They 're coming in three times a week . |
| 7 | So you 're saying after three months the work will get |
| 8 | So you 're saying after three months you want to review it . |
| 9 | Right , we 're dealing with three questions in an exam in two hours . |
| 10 | So we 're talking about three quarters of an inch . |
| 11 | ‘ And you 're concentrating on three sites : Belmodes , Rose Hilaire 's flat , and my house in Mouncy Street ? ’ |
| 12 | We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines . |
| 13 | For example , VCR products are growing at three times the rate of other audiovisual products ( Ohmae 1985 ) . |
| 14 | His bait had been lying in three inches of water ! |
| 15 | He 's been going for three hours . |
| 16 | Micropal measures volatility for all unit trusts which have been going for three years . |
| 17 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 18 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 19 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
| 20 | In fact , like the many German towns vying with one another in the Eighties , Nîmes decided on the building before it even had a collection to put into it , and since 1984 it has been buying in three areas with assistance from funds specially designated by the State for regional museums to collect contemporary works : French art from 1960 to 1990 , with the Nouveau Réalisme and Figuration Libre via the Support-Surface movement ; the Mediterranean scene , with art from southern France , Spain and Italy , with Arte Povera and the Transavanguardia , and represented by artists such as Jose Maria Sicilia , Miquel Barcelo , Susanna Solano , Janis Kounellis , Mario Merz , Giuseppe Penone and Enzo Cucchi ; a taste of English and German tendencies , with Richard Long , Hamish Fulton , Gerhard Richter , Imi Knoebel , Helmut Dorner and others . |
| 21 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 22 | The BA Honours Degree in Retail Marketing , formulated by JS and Manchester Metropolitan University , has been running for three years and the two parties have now formally signed a contract securing the future of the programme . |
| 23 | Erm my course has only been running for three years . |
| 24 | Cos it 's only been running for three years |
| 25 | The figures were much the same after the experiment had been running for three months , but 83% thought the experiment should continue . |
| 26 | Voluntary Project administrator Roy Montgomery is convinced the scheme , which has been running for three months , is a major success — and a lifeline for local young people . |
| 27 | Now when it 's been travelling for three hours it goes through Manchester . |
| 28 | In particular we shall be looking at three types of solution : gases in liquids , liquids in liquids , solids in liquids . |
| 29 | ‘ I could be riding within three weeks . |
| 30 | Housing association output will soon be running at three times the level that it was in the 1970s . |