Example sentences of "[noun] a few months " in BNC.
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| 31 | Jasper had been in a road accident a few months before the diagnosis . |
| 32 | ‘ I had a slight accident a few months ago , wrote off my car and almost myself . ’ |
| 33 | He had a very bad car accident a few months ago and shattered his kneecap . |
| 34 | THE national championships begin in Newcastle today with Martine Le Moignan , the world champion , and Del Harris , the England No.1 , defending their British titles in far less confident mood than would have been the case a few months ago . |
| 35 | He took over as chairman a few months later . |
| 36 | Our route , although a time-saver , took us near Iraq — over the area that became the battlefield for Desert Storm a few months later . |
| 37 | On the other hand , Linnaeus , who had visited Chelsea a few months earlier , came in for severe criticism : ‘ … he has demolished not only Species but Genus without the least reason for so doing but that of having his method establish 'd and made universal , which I venture to affirm will be of very short duration ’ . |
| 38 | He was to give him a part which would take him into the West End a few months after leaving school , write a special role for him in what would be his first film , introduce him to his future wife and , through one of his sons , Brook , provide him with a lifelong younger ‘ brother ’ . |
| 39 | We had talked already over the telephone about her radical decision a few months ago to begin wearing the traditional Muslim dress , and how relieved she had felt since changing what she wore , feeling that she was ‘ expressing something she had felt all along ’ . |
| 40 | So his decision a few months later to join the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service as its first chief executive was probably enough to stupefy many of his peers . |
| 41 | These remarks were made by a Unit General Manager reflecting on his experience a few months after WFP was published . |
| 42 | He who had been with Christ when the voice came to him saying , ‘ This is my Son , whom I love ’ , denied him three times a few months later . |
| 43 | When Awlad Amira took control of the popular committees a few months later , ousting Mannaia from office , Umar al-Abairsh and his supporters alleged that they could have done so only with Tibbu support ; they said only Awlad Amira , poor and unenterprising , would stoop so low to get their hands on the administration : Awlad Amira denied establish the truth of such allegations : Awlad Amira denied them , as they would ; Tibbu pointed to their political inactivity , their poverty and lack of numbers , and their peacefulness ( except under provocation ) , suggesting that Mannaia were scarcely dispassionate when they talked about the results of elections . |
| 44 | A typical training programme usually takes the form of a series of workshops , sometimes in a residential setting , lasting around three days with perhaps a follow-up day a few months later . |
| 45 | Even so , I am teetering on the brink of spending £300 to replace the turntable I foolishly ditched as an anachronism a few months ago . |
| 46 | In the View from the Hotel Mistral , executed on Braque 's return to Paris a few months later , the influence of Cézanne is even more marked . |
| 47 | De Gaulle 's argument against Mendès-France was essentially the same that he had used against Eisenhower in Strasbourg a few months earlier : circumstances matter . |
| 48 | It is currently up on the Transputer and the 80386 , with 68000 family , ARM RISC and MIPS R3000 processors a few months away . |
| 49 | Now imagine that it is processor-independent and is already running on 80386 and 80486 , and Transputers , with the 68000 family , ARM RISC and MIPS R3000 processors a few months away . |
| 50 | It is currently up on the Transputer and the 80386 , with 68000 family , ARM RISC and MIPS R3000 processors a few months away . |
| 51 | Now imagine that it is processor-independent and is already running on 80386 and 80486 , and Transputers , with the 68000 family , ARM RISC and MIPS R3000 processors a few months away . |
| 52 | It is better to lose a steady two or three pounds a week than to achieve a drastic weight loss more dramatically , only to replace the lost pounds a few months later . |
| 53 | The SunAccounts system in New York went live early in 1990 ; London was added in mid-1991 and Hong Kong a few months later . |
| 54 | They also made the evening gown for her first official engagement , a charity gala in the city of London , which created almost as big a sensation as the dress which graced St Paul 's Cathedral a few months later . |
| 55 | Those who advocated it argued that it was of no use to abolish selection at 11 + , in the name of justice and fairness , and then reintroduce selection a few months later , by streaming children once at school . |
| 56 | ‘ One night a few months ago — early spring it was … ’ |
| 57 | It might even result in information which , in turn , could help to elucidate why army undercover men were stealing the three vehicles that night a few months earlier near William Black 's house at the junction of Black 's Road and Tildarg . |
| 58 | I 'll never forget when he came home one night a few months ago and said he 'd met this old man who could tell fortunes by reading the dregs in the bottom of a beer glass . |
| 59 | Well at that age a few months makes a difference . |
| 60 | She saw Ross Aldridge , whom she knew slightly from when he 'd processed her shotgun licence application , and wondered for a moment if the rumour was true about how he and his wife had moved to the area a few months after their baby had died . |