Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] months ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and the others got six months ' hard labour — the repression in 1835 was much gentler than in 1830 because the problem was so limited . |
| 2 | In late 1925 he was one of twelve leading communists arrested and tried on charges of sedition and incitement to mutiny , for which he received twelve months ' imprisonment . |
| 3 | Sitting pretty : Marion Barry , who lost his job as Mayor of Washington and served six months ' jail for cocaine possession , is back in city government after winning a council seat . |
| 4 | Chevenement enjoyed 18 months ' political success , during which time he did well enough to be tipped as the next prime minister . |
| 5 | Two young Harvard dealers who were sacked still owed two months ' rent . |
| 6 | HSBC Holdings , which bought Midland Bank last summer , yesterday reported a near doubling of profits in annual figures which included six months ' contribution from the UK clearing bank . |
| 7 | There was a certain irony in the fact that one of the first things Baldwin told the King , on taking over from the decrepit MacDonald , was that he himself needed two months ' rest . |
| 8 | I got a fresh whack of borstal , the lad got borstal and the other lass got fifteen months ' prison . |
| 9 | In 1969 , he took six months ' sabbatical leave to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris . |
| 10 | In ‘ A Word of Thanks ’ the author reveals that writing the book took 10 months ' ‘ hard slog ’ at his ‘ hide-out in Praia da Luz , Algarve ’ . |
| 11 | I had been paying the fees of the home a month in advance , but when explaining about the social security payments , I sent two months ' fees in advance to cover , as I thought , any delay . |
| 12 | In none of the 10 patients who completed the six months ' trial and none of the five patients who completed 12 months ' treatment was endoscopic improvement of the lesions seen . |
| 13 | The landlord gave six months ' notice and it was held that the notice was good . |
| 14 | On 11 January 1991 Norwich gave three months ' notice of the termination of their agency agreement of 13 March 1990 , by virtue of which Winchester had become an appointed representative , and hence an exempted person . |
| 15 | On 11 January 1991 Norwich Union gave three months ' notice of the termination of their agency agreement of 13 March 1990 with Winchester . |
| 16 | He did an eight month fitter/armourer course ending up his training with top marks and a corporal 's stripes , and then did several months ' instructing before being sent to a ground crew on a Bomber Command airfield . |
| 17 | Theo took a shorter journey - to Wormwood Scrubs , where he did four months ' hard labour . |
| 18 | However , I stayed a bit longer and when all the girls , all of us had three months ' notice to leave , it was dreadful , you see , because we were fully trained by that time you see . |
| 19 | Yes , and the girls had three months ' notice to leave and on the last day at three months I heard that a young lady had left the Post Office . |
| 20 | I had a young fellow come up to me one day — he had eighteen months ' service . |
| 21 | Ruth 's just returned with Stephen from Moscow , where he underwent three months ' intensive therapy at the pioneering Valentine Dikoul Clinic . |