Example sentences of "for three years [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For three years they had neither met nor spoken . |
| 2 | They chose a spot by a river , on the side of a mountain , they called three hundred workmen together , and for three years they toiled at building the city . |
| 3 | Until recently her job was there , too — for three years she worked as a shop assistant in the hosiery department of the massive Neiman Marcus store — but then the success of Inner City allowed her to leave . |
| 4 | For three years I played at will . |
| 5 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
| 6 | For three years he had been with Jesus and heard his teaching — that he was bound to suffer , to die and to be raised from the dead . |
| 7 | For three years he helped run the ID Gallery , Düsseldorf , which deals in contemporary art . |
| 8 | For three years it went on . |