Example sentences of "three years [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they worked out in three years she 's put on seven stone because she eats . |
| 2 | However , other firms operating similar machines have found that after the first three years it becomes increasingly more costly in terms of repairs and maintenance to keep machinery of this type productive . |
| 3 | Over the past three years it has received 11 visits from the Sudbury-based charity group Christian Cargo . |
| 4 | Over the last three years it has killed at least 20 people . |
| 5 | But apparently smut has never been far away , and in recent years when some crops have been grown from home saved seed which has had no treatment , after two or three years it has appeared with devastating effect . |
| 6 | As the mature version of deep slow wave sleep develops in the first year of life , and daytime sleeping is displaced by wakefulness , the number of hours spent in active ( REM ) sleep is eroded until by the age of three years it has dropped from twelve hours to three or four . |
| 7 | For forty three years it has been the jewel in the crown of the Labour Party legislation and for forty three years the Labour Party has defended the National Health Service against all comers . |
| 8 | Did you say that ? dead lucky , never of done last three years it 's rained . |
| 9 | For three years he 's been campaigning on behalf of his brother Gary Mills and another man Tony Poole . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | For three years he 's been training and testing out would be crews … |
| 12 | If the extremely unlikely event transpires that in three years he has discovered nothing of his partner 's past , then why should he complain ? |
| 13 | For the past three years he has been building LDP 's contract business in the South of England . |