Example sentences of "[prep] three years [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the mature version of deep slow wave sleep develops in the first year of life , and daytime sleeping is displaced by wakefulness , the number of hours spent in active ( REM ) sleep is eroded until by the age of three years it has dropped from twelve hours to three or four . |
| 2 | For three years he 's been campaigning on behalf of his brother Gary Mills and another man Tony Poole . |
| 3 | A one time marine and lifelong sailor Bob Shepton has always wanted to sail around the world … for three years he 's been planning and preparing for this voyage … |
| 4 | For three years he 's been training and testing out would be crews … |
| 5 | But they worked out in three years she 's put on seven stone because she eats . |
| 6 | If the extremely unlikely event transpires that in three years he has discovered nothing of his partner 's past , then why should he complain ? |