Example sentences of "[prep] three months [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 The immediate result of George 's absence was the loss of his advice regarding the wine list , about which Olive knew little , and after three months Marie found it necessary to engage a specialist wine waiter .
2 For three months Jeanne kept her love for Modigliani a secret from her family , went to Mass and appeared gentle and dutiful , if somewhat abstracted .
3 For three months Mrs Reich nursed Holly back to health at her parents ' home in Dagenham , Essex .
4 His first ministry was brief , but when his government was defeated it was clear that nobody could take his place : for three months George II had to run the administration without any parliamentary ministers — an operation that was not as impossible as it would have been seventy years later , though not nearly as normal as it would have been seventy years earlier .
5 They arrived in Liverpool after an uneventful railway journey and for the second time in three months Cam walked along the dock wall looking for the Langdale ; but now there was confidence in his stride and eagerness in his face .
6 Within three months Eva was champing at the bit .
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