Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] three years [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | The Avalon bathroom was developed after three years ' extensive research into the difficulties associated with ageing . |
2 | But King He can expect to be freed in three years ' time but Don King is convinced the former champion 's conviction will be overturned at a forthcoming appeal . |
3 | In January 1991 Hong Song-dam was sentenced to three years ' imprisonment for producing material benefiting North Korea . |
4 | He was found guilty and sentenced to three years ' imprisonment . |
5 | It was clear from the sentences imposed on the other defendants , one of whom was sentenced to three years ' imprisonment , that the sentencer considered that a longer sentence would have been appropriate if the appellant had been over 21 . |
6 | On Jan. 19 Garcia and his wife were each sentenced to three years ' imprisonment . |
7 | Garcia resigned his seat in January 1990 , shortly before the two were sentenced to three years ' imprisonment . |
8 | On Feb. 27 , however , Ahipeaud and three other student leaders were each sentenced to three years ' imprisonment and fined 500,000 francs CFA ( about US$1,800 ) . |
9 | Certainly it would appear that foreign language learners who would have six years ' experience at school followed by three years ' university training plus a year in the country of that language , are treating the learning task much more seriously than sign language learners . |
10 | He first became a builder in 1953 , in Communist Czechoslovakia , after being released from three years ' working in the uranium mines of Jachymov as part of a five year prison sentence for political offences . |