Example sentences of "not [verb] for three " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately life is never simple — the Stores Platoon confirms that they have no Challenger engines in stock and that the next one is not expected for three or four days ; improvisation will obviously be needed if the Blues and Royals are to have all their tanks working . |
| 2 | He grew dirtier than ever and often would not shave for three or four days together , till his jaw looked coated or grown over with yellow fungus or sprayed like a car with glistening tangerine . |
| 3 | Fair value , which drops to 22 on Monday , is the notional premium for buying all Footsie stocks now but not paying for three months , taking into account both dividend payments and interest costs . |
| 4 | She was very overactive and had not slept for three nights . |
| 5 | Blood from a donor infected within the past three months would not be picked out because the test detected antibodies that are not produced for three months . |
| 6 | A MERSEYRAIL train may not run for three months because of vandals . |
| 7 | Hope he 's not coming for three weeks |
| 8 | ‘ I did not show today because I have not trained for three weeks , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Alison , of Trimdon Avenue , Middlesbrough , told her sister Karen , 26 , she is in a great deal of pain because of her broken rib which will not mend for three months . |
| 10 | ‘ It was to be , ’ he recalled , ‘ the first of the kitchen-sink comedies , but , unfortunately , it was not released for three years , making it the last of the kitchen-sink comedies . ’ |
| 11 | Firstly , a company would only be able to issue preference shares with limited or no voting rights up to 50% of its issued share capital and , if the preference dividends were not paid for three years , the shares would then acquire full voting rights . |
| 12 | Well you 're not working for three days , you 've got three days off ! |