Example sentences of "he [verb] for three " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked for three other similar offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 2 | Reid watched the mess from his hidey-hole in the roof-space where he hid for three days . |
| 3 | And er he roa er he ranted for three hours too . |
| 4 | His connection with tramways was first established with the Blackburn and Over Darwen steam tramway , where he served for three years . |
| 5 | He served for three years , originally as chairman , and it is as the first chairman of the future Labour party that he achieved his principal prominence in labour history . |
| 6 | When Admiralty Lord , Sir Robert Rich , stood for Dunwich in 1695 , he arranged for three " men-of-war " to anchor off the small Suffolk port during the time of the election , to hold out the threat of the press-gang to any who voted against the Whig candidates . |
| 7 | He worked for three years with Sir Samuel Canning [ q.v. ] , |
| 8 | To discover what kind of animal I was , he sent for three of his cleverest professors . |
| 9 | He was at school at Uppingham ; then , suffering from asthma , he went for three years to Australia ( 1884–6 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ He won for three main reasons . |
| 11 | He toured for three years from coast to coast . |
| 12 | And he spoke for three hours About ivory towers And warlords in armoury suit And the traveller sat And stared into his hat Because he was a deaf and dumb mute . |
| 13 | In 1754 Ramsay was again in Italy , where he remained for three years , developing the wonderfully delicate style of his maturity , and constantly drawing from life with all the avidity to learn of a student . |
| 14 | It was in New Zealand , where he stayed for three and a half years , that he first entered the world of Bohemia and found himself getting on best with artists . |
| 15 | He was born in Wales in 1771 but served his apprenticeship in Stamford at the drapery business of James McGuffog , where he stayed for three years , originally at 31 High Street and later on St. Mary 's Street . |