Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] for three " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , well the rest of the country are beginning to realise , what Leeds fans have known for three years . |
| 2 | Profits have fallen for three consecutive quarters and capital spending has fallen in response . |
| 3 | A state of emergency was ordered for Baku by the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium on Jan. 19 , after demonstrators had massed for three consecutive days outside the Azerbaijan CP central committee 's headquarters to demand the leadership 's resignation , and had erected barricades on the city 's outskirts to prevent the entry of Soviet troops . |
| 4 | So , when on 8 May Acheson announced that the US would send economic and military aid to the French in Indo-China ( for Gaddis Smith , the turning point — ‘ the scales had swayed for three months and then came down hard on the side of France ) the French position was at least potentially desperate and one can not help asking whether there were any countries receiving military aid under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program , other than Vietnam , in which there were such powerful revolutionary forces and where a revolutionary war was already in progress . |
| 5 | ‘ The plans have existed for three years and no-one has asked the supporters for their opinion , ’ says a spokesman . |