Example sentences of "a few months ' " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 For example , in 1980 the Home Secretary , William Whitelaw , introduced the ‘ short , sharp , shock ’ punishments for young offenders , involving a few months ' strict discipline and almost para-military training in detention centres .
3 I had a determined attitude , a few months ' really hard winter training under my belt and a driving ambition to put behind me the previous year 's exit in the opening round .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 So get your orders in well in advance for when the putter goes into production in a few months ' time … .
8 If you leave after only a few months ' experience here , believe me , you will find it hard to get a good job elsewhere .
9 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 .
10 All Connor did was to add a preservative to this enzyme that gave it a few months ' shelf life .
11 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 .
12 Try leaving his nappy off again in a few months ' time .
13 In a few months ' time she might hardly remember his name .
14 What she wanted from Luke Hunter was not a few months ' — or even a few years ' — sensual companionship .
15 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 .
16 In a few months ' time I will take my G.C.S.E. ( General Certificate of Secondary Education ) .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school .
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