Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan thought of the shotgun locked under his chin ; he 'd held himself so rigid that night that he 'd ached for three days afterwards . |
| 2 | The only time I 've ever frozen in an exam was when I 'd gone for three exams solid without kip , one after the other , and I just brain and the other ones were a real struggle and I had to graft my marks out of solid granite y'know I was chiselling away . |
| 3 | And the studio floor was covered with meat , and they had this dog they 'd starved for three days with contact mics all over its stomach … and they were recording him eating the meat ! |
| 4 | They 'd paid for three days , so the rest could buy a cleaner , could n't it ? |
| 5 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |
| 6 | Kim had booked for three days — the longest time available . |
| 7 | The peppers are pulped , then left to mature for three years before being distilled with vinegar . |
| 8 | Made from fine-cut beef and pork , this salami is cured naturally in salt and then left to mature for three months in a controlled but draughty atmosphere . |
| 9 | Another told me she had suffered for three years with a terrible pain in her back but since following the diet the pain had completely disappeared . |
| 10 | Although Iceland had changed some years before to driving on the right , the bus which was well past its sell-by date — was right-hand drive ; the first bit of England I had seen for three weeks . |
| 11 | The house looked as it had done for three centuries ; Lord Cumbermound was in no doubt that it would manage another three . |
| 12 | When she had finished hanging out the washing , before she went for the weekly shop at SavaCentre , Sara applied her lipstick , and around her throat she squirted the toilet water which she had had for three years and never before used . |
| 13 | After we had rehearsed for three weeks , on the very last night of rehearsal , we worked till four in the morning then photos were taken of us in these spangled costumes ; because they stretched from our ankles to our necks , we could n't sit down . |
| 14 | … Negotiations implied weakness : the use of force which the Dutch had employed for three centuries was the most suitable course to pursue . ’ |
| 15 | They had to settle for three consolation points , leaving them second three points below Gresford . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Stravinsky was then 28 , and much influenced by the gorgeous and sumptuous orchestration of Rimsky-Korsakov , with whom he had studied for three years . |
| 18 | He had been admitted with a fever which had lasted for three weeks . |
| 19 | In National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King ( 1930 ) 46 T.L.R. 594 ; 47 T.L.R. 110 the suppliant company claimed repayment of betting duty which they had paid for three years in respect of the operation of a totalisator . |