Example sentences of "for three [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for three decades we 've given our clients a process for better decision making and problem solving up and down the organization . |
| 2 | This is one that 's been , I 've had appointment and for three times I 'd had to cancel it . |
| 3 | For three hours we worked and drank , worked and ate , worked and packed . |
| 4 | Now when it 's been travelling for three hours it goes through Manchester . |
| 5 | erm , but , you see , they would of been the most aggravating little gits there , because as soon as they found out , they all started messing about then , for three hours it was on , could you imagine sitting in there with them lot for three hours ? |
| 6 | For three hours I was sitting in a dressing gown . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For three years they had neither met nor spoken . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For three years I played at will . |
| 11 | For three years I 've been biding my time , digging in at Deptford . |
| 12 | for three years I 've fiddled around , doing small things , waiting for the Big Man to say the word . |
| 13 | For three years I have n't known what the big job will be . |
| 14 | For three years I 've been wary of deep water . |
| 15 | Almost every Saturday for three years I put on my black skirt , my white blouse , my newly polished shoes and my uniform white frilly apron . |
| 16 | ‘ For three years I 've believed that Donald died instantly . |
| 17 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | For three years he helped run the ID Gallery , Düsseldorf , which deals in contemporary art . |
| 20 | For three years he would supply funds to run the farm , any profits being split equally between Tom and himself . |
| 21 | For three years he 's been campaigning on behalf of his brother Gary Mills and another man Tony Poole . |
| 22 | A one time marine and lifelong sailor Bob Shepton has always wanted to sail around the world … for three years he 's been planning and preparing for this voyage … |
| 23 | For three years he 's been training and testing out would be crews … |
| 24 | For three years it went on . |
| 25 | They had to walk , and a real hike it was — getting on for three miles I think . |
| 26 | For three days they parleyed ; Rawn demanding their surrender and the Nez Perce asking to be allowed into Montana in peace . |
| 27 | Their emergency rations ran out and for three days they had just water . |
| 28 | They attempted to take over the city ; for three days they fought the Viet Minh , and in the cross-fire Lieutenant-Colonel Dewey of OSS was shot dead . |
| 29 | For three days they will act out their feelings , confront their emotions , and generally ‘ bond ’ with each other . |
| 30 | From there they moved on into the Cambrian mountains ; and for three days they toiled through the worst storms of the year . |