Example sentences of "[vb past] for [art] [num ord] [adj] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was at once promoted to lance-corporal but although Travis [ Commander Edward Travis who was chief administrator at B.P. ] tried for the next six months to find a suitable military unit to which Harold could be attached as an officer , he had no luck . |
| 2 | As a result of the bad weather , the Royal Bank of Scotland 's oil index fell for the second consecutive month to 114.5 , the second lowest January since the index began ten years ago . |
| 3 | America 's industrial production fell for the fourth successive month in January , by 0.4% , to give a 12-month decline of 0.9% . |
| 4 | UNEMPLOYMENT fell for the third consecutive month in April , by 1,400 . |
| 5 | The broad measure , M3 , grew by only 1% in the 12 months to December , and actually fell for the last three months of 1990 . |
| 6 | For some reason , no one knew why , he had for the last four months taken to sleeping in the south porch . |
| 7 | He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well . |