Example sentences of "had [vb pp] for [adv] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silence had fallen for almost three weeks and then her father had written again , with the utmost brevity , to say he would review the situation when he saw it and that they could get away after the harvest . |
| 2 | She had slept for almost three hours . |
| 3 | Volume I covers the period of 1916 to 1930 and concludes with Magritte 's return to Brussels from Paris where he had stayed for nearly three years . |
| 4 | The state had persisted for over three days now . |
| 5 | And even Hoggatt 's Laboratory , blood or no blood , had been part of the village for over seventy years , while Chevisham Manor had stood for nearly three times as long . |
| 6 | He had survived for only three days at Craigtoun Maternity Hospital , St Andrews , and the parents maintained that his death resulted from damage done by forceps before the birth . |
| 7 | He had survived for only three days at Craigtoun Maternity Hospital , St Andrews , and the parents alleged negligence by medical staff , claiming that the baby 's death had resulted from damage done by forceps before birth . |