Example sentences of "[det] months ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the country visit had to be postponed for some time , because , although he had promised himself some months ' freedom from engagements , he found himself , as usual , saddled with responsibilities . |
| 2 | At the beginning of August he left for a two and a half months ' rest at sequestered Welsh and English houses . |
| 3 | Already , after a few months ' acquaintance , he complained to Harry of ‘ this hideous analysis which so masters me ’ and he tried to express Helen 's profound effect upon him : ‘ I always wonder when I look at her or think of her . |
| 4 | James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school . |
| 5 | Initially , in 1947 , Sir Stafford Cripps moved from the Board of Trade to a newly created Ministry of Economic Planning but , after a few months ' existence , this was absorbed into the Treasury when Cripps became Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 6 | If you leave after only a few months ' experience here , believe me , you will find it hard to get a good job elsewhere . |
| 7 | I do n't know how they will respond to my abuse in the chip pan after a few months ' use , but I think they will fare better than other brushes I 've used in the past . |
| 8 | All Connor did was to add a preservative to this enzyme that gave it a few months ' shelf life . |
| 9 | She has an 18-year-old son , who plans to go to university in a few months ' time and the thought of life on her own fills her with anxiety . |
| 10 | So get your orders in well in advance for when the putter goes into production in a few months ' time … . |
| 11 | Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household . |
| 12 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
| 13 | Try leaving his nappy off again in a few months ' time . |
| 14 | In a few months ' time she might hardly remember his name . |
| 15 | In a few months ' time I will take my G.C.S.E. ( General Certificate of Secondary Education ) . |
| 16 | The future of British Coal depends on the results of the next general election in a few months ' time , and I do not think that any hon. Member or the Minister would refute that . |
| 17 | For the Community as a whole , the Maastricht agreement and all its areas — including the social provisions , which the others will accept outside the treaty on the basis of a separate protocol to be agreed in a few months ' time — were the significant aspect . |
| 18 | I look forward to the day , in a few months ' time , when my right hon. Friend the Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) will be getting back into the main stream of that debate and participating fully in the European Community for the benefit of all our citizens . |
| 19 | I 'm gon na lift a few mint roots Stefan and er plant them in a box of compost and put them in the warm greenhouse so they give me nice sprigs of fresh mint in a few months ' time . |
| 20 | They said Labour had squandered a golden opportunity to improve part of the town centre which could be hard hit when the new Cornmill Centre opens in a few months ' time . |
| 21 | Parvis Yousefi could be ordered to leave his home in Southfield Crescent , Norton , Stockton , when he becomes eligible for parole in a few months ' time . |
| 22 | At such moments he knew that he loved Frances , and he could feel the seductions of a conventional marriage , of meals such as this happening every Sunday , of knowing each other 's daily news , not always having to catch up on a few months ' worth of events . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The idea of literally dropping in on the enemy and catching them unawares would have seemed attractive after several months ' idleness . |
| 25 | The project consists of several months ' fieldwork carried out during the summer term and long vacation of the Junior Honours year . |
| 26 | Some companies are also reported to be paying several months ' salary in advance of the election . |
| 27 | PRESIDENT Yeltsin neutralised the Russian opposition yesterday and gave his government several months ' leeway to press ahead with radical economic reforms . |
| 28 | After several months ' work , during which time they lived in a caravan parked on the site , the owners , Mr and Mrs Bates were able to move into the future garage area of the building in August 1984 and to continue work on the upper-floor accommodation under the shelter of the reslated roof . |
| 29 | The spring , he says , is a particularly perilous time in adder-land : as they emerge from hibernation , adders are too groggy to slip away from potential threats but their fangs are filled with several months ' worth of venom . |
| 30 | The unspoken concern of West Germany and France is that if sterling joined the ERM at its present exchange rate , a devaluation might still be required in several months ' time . |