Example sentences of "[pers pn] for three [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 She stayed with them for three months and as well as looking after their daughter Alexandra she cleaned and cooked .
2 I have n't seen him for three years or so .
3 He had been discovered by the abbess 's steward , Richard of Bernstead , who , when he resisted attachment , seized and bound him , took him to Barking , imprisoned him for three days and afterwards delivered him to the forester and the verderer .
4 But he did n't tell me he 'd been going out with her for three weeks and he 's never .
5 Warriors still hunt the jaguar in ritualised fashion ; they must stalk it for three days and it may only be killed with a wooden spear .
6 She has been doing it for three years and expects to be working on it for at least another three .
7 Well you still do it for three years and !
8 On days when wing inspection would come around and check our tech supplier for spare parts , we would load this trailer with all the illegal spare parts we were n't supposed to have , cos they , like the couple of it might call it for three starters and we had six , seven or eight .
9 I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them .
10 Like , I did it for three nights and I was wrecked ! ’
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