Example sentences of "and [prep] the [adj] few months " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for the past few months , I 've been reading Viz. |
| 2 | But for some reason , Tina had adopted him in her rough , kindly way , and for the last few months school life had been bearable . |
| 3 | No. 1–20 passed into the hands of London Transport and for the next few months continued to work as before . |
| 4 | That their father 's death must be a relief to her elder sister was obvious , for Major O'Brien had been hopelessly paralysed for years , and during the last few months of his life had been unable to speak . |
| 5 | In June 1933 Edward gave a birthday party for Wallis , and during the next few months he visited the Simpsons ' flat in London almost every day . |
| 6 | So if you need any help , a ‘ Come and Try It Day ’ , publicity , help with facilities etc. contact your Regional Rep. ( see Jan 1982 Q.T. Notes ) She is already in contact with the regional Sports Council and during the next few months will be preparing an overall programme for the whole Region . |
| 7 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 8 | Within a month of nationalisation , the Authority 's commercial manager had identified the more serious black spots in which tariffs for additional domestic kWh were below ¾d. — which he reckoned to be the level required to cover costs — and in the next few months prices were generally raised to this level as a ‘ first aid ’ measure , pending the development of a proper pricing policy . |
| 9 | Kate was curiously fascinating , but mixed in with the fascination was a sort of fear ; and over the last few months she had made it quite clear that the less she had to do with him , the better she would like it . |