Example sentences of "for [art] [det] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way the youngsters make it clear that they are not yet mature enough to be considered rivals for territories or breeding partners and are allowed to feed on the reef beside their parents for the several months that it takes them to grow to maturity . |
| 2 | For the few months before the Gulf crisis , the political world dissolved and what existed had no clear shape ; its familiar forms — the nations and empires — had no clear trajectory . |
| 3 | Another method of birth control must be used for a few months until two consecutive tests show there are no sperm left . |
| 4 | They had been fucking like this for a few months , slyly , without letting on to the outside world . |
| 5 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 6 | In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context . |
| 7 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
| 8 | Your hair may be well cut , but if you 're a trendy executive and your latest hairdo is just that tiny bit mumsy , you may as well hibernate for a few months . |
| 9 | They 'd both jacked in their jobs ( he 's a computer programmer ; she 's a physiotherapist ) and were planning to backpack round the world for a few months . |
| 10 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |
| 11 | I have owned a GameBoy for a few months now , and still use it . |
| 12 | If so , it suggests that liberal policies will be implemented in Peru at least for a few months this year , whatever the general public thinks . |
| 13 | I did get a bit paranoid for a few months , stopped using the tube . |
| 14 | There is no reason why you should not have a weekly reward for remaining the same weight , at least for a few months after you have attained your ideal shape . |
| 15 | When your programme is fully finished , continue to weigh each day for a few months . |
| 16 | The new Landrat of Gunzenhausen , a former Franconian bastion of National Socialism , wrote in his first monthly report after the end of the Third Reich , in August 1945 : ‘ Although the war has only been over for a few months , National Socialism is hardly ever spoken about , and when at all , only in a negative sense . |
| 17 | One newly-qualified accountant , who is considering a trip to the Far East for a few months , said winter was traditionally a busy time for accountants because companies are preparing for their financial year-ends but the last few months had been very quiet . |
| 18 | But the treatment has to be repeated because the Americans transplanted the gene into cells that only live for a few months . |
| 19 | Lord Newport asked Richard to teach in his place , which he did for a few months . |
| 20 | Even if the committee agree to a grant , it ca n't be more than a couple of thousand — not enough to keep you going for a few months . |
| 21 | But simply supplying the latest efficient machines , or sending experts to a country for a few months are not long-term answers , and do not address the most intractable barriers to action . |
| 22 | Although it is impossible to think of him as a Londoner , this move began a lifelong association with the capital to which he returned every year for a few months , even after he had given up all thoughts of making it his permanent home . |
| 23 | ‘ Only for a few months , yes . |
| 24 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
| 25 | This inherited , natural , passive ( the baby has not produced it ) immunity to , for example , measles and whooping cough usually lasts only for a few months after birth . |
| 26 | Some of the young calves are fattened on the farms but many are reared for a few months and then sold for fattening in central or eastern Britain . |
| 27 | About fifteen years ago , we had a Nigerian girl living with us for a few months before her marriage , and she was married from our house . |
| 28 | After we had been constantly studying the sky for a few months and getting the feel of things , we did tend to develop a sixth sense regarding the weather , a bit like farmers . |
| 29 | Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do . |
| 30 | He became convinced that his nose was deformed and saw another analyst regularly for a few months , but he recovered — at least until the next lot of symptoms after he rejected her advice and interpretations and simply told himself to stop thinking about his nose so much . |