Example sentences of "for [adv] three or " in BNC.
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| 1 | He expected to be there for only three or four days , but he was kept in for a fortnight . |
| 2 | It had been dead for about three or four months . |
| 3 | ‘ No , you 'd do that for about three or four days and then he 'd decide to ask you the same question again just to see if you did look it up . ’ |
| 4 | And I worked in the pit bottom for a start , for about three or four months , in the pit bottom . |
| 5 | Erm and we 're talking about half a thousandth of an inch , and for that you know , the man , but when I investigated the case , the man had been working on these things for about three or four weeks . |
| 6 | And then the old keeper used to come round and see that we were all right and they 'd be there till the following day and carry on for about three or four weeks you see . |
| 7 | And erm say the fox had been in the ground , and the and the the young cubs , for about three or four days . |
| 8 | Well I have n't seen her feeding the ducks for about three or four months . |
| 9 | A mate of mine he says he wo n't tell you for about three or four years . |
| 10 | you you 've had it for about three or four weeks . |
| 11 | I mean it 's very nice to be with a child , a baby , for about three or four hours , but after that you are quite grateful for somebody else to come and play with it for a while , and talk to it for a while . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not quite at that point yet , so it 's something I 'm projecting for maybe three or four years ahead . ’ |