Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] six [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only women who are not in the same circumstances as most women can up and off for six months . |
| 2 | Thus , although Franco 's own Minister of Industry and Commerce told him in early 1949 that , without more foreign aid , the Spanish economy could survive for six months at most , the Caudillo insisted that Spain had no need of the international community . |
| 3 | Erm , try it , and let me know in six months . |
| 4 | I would be grateful if you could let me know within six weeks whether your councillors wish to attend such an evening and if so how many representatives you will wish to send . |
| 5 | WARS in the Middle East do not finish after six days any more . |
| 6 | This will be ok the exam or paper will consist of six questions which you will do in two hours , er not all six of course . |
| 7 | The reason no one had developed a product before was Windows 3 toolkits did not appear until six months ago , Dawe claims . |
| 8 | Reports that the economy might improve in six months ' time . |
| 9 | Both types are voracious carnivores , preying on fish and other crustaceans , but Odontodactylus , which can grow to six inches ( fifteen centimetres ) in length , is also a threat to the very fabric of the aquarium . |
| 10 | Females can grow to six inches or more , so I do not rule out the fishes being female , but if you had had both sexes , then by the time one was six inches the size differential should have shown up . |
| 11 | They believed he would grow by six inches — but Steven added another two for good measure . |
| 12 | Mr Mellor 's contract will run for six weeks , starting on January 9 . |
| 13 | This production would run for six months , if not a year . |
| 14 | SIGNING-ON fees , which now feature in both transfer and contract renewal talks , can often run into six figures these days . |
| 15 | Sixty firemen and hundreds of council and contract cleaning crews have been trying to tidy up — the final cost will easily run into six figures |
| 16 | For the first time the pupils did not work in six groups but just sat at the tables as they chose . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I could push the button today and we could convert in six months . |
| 18 | Two-thirds may relapse within six months but there is still a good chance that the condition will clear up ultimately . |
| 19 | Accordingly , the ECSC Assembly , enlarged to give it the number of representatives the projected EDC Assembly would have , was invited on 10 September 1952 to consider and report within six months on the feasibility and structures of a European Political Community . |
| 20 | The requirement in English and Welsh legislation that liability to detention must stop after six months of leave of absence is absent from the Scottish act , which allows for extension beyond six months . |
| 21 | But the 200 miles separating them meant they did not meet until six months into the romance when Chris , 25 , came to see Heather , 32 , of Aberdeen Road , Darlington . |
| 22 | Medical sources in Moscow said while it could be fatal in extreme cases , most symptoms should disappear in six months . |
| 23 | It will take a year for the synod 's decision to be fully ratified and if the June 1994 synod does mark the final step towards ordaining women , not only will nothing happen for six months , but the college of bishops will present three resolutions safeguarding the positions of those within the church who do not agree . |
| 24 | The taxes will come into effect on 1 January 1994 , although the packaging levy on plastic bottles will not apply until six months later , following protests from chemical industry workers . |
| 25 | ‘ And they 'll die in six hours , forty-two minutes if nobody can help them . ’ |
| 26 | Indeed , US studies indicate that the lag may vary between six months and two years . |
| 27 | It can blow and snow for six weeks , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ People in warm offices in Brussels do n't understand that it can blow and snow for six weeks here ’ |
| 29 | Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round |
| 30 | ‘ You 'll let me go after six months ? ’ |