Example sentences of "for a [adj] months " in BNC.
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1 | On the second part , well nobody feels more strongly that I do about the problems of noise pollution and I agree entirely there er with what councillor has to say but may I remind members that this council did have a full service for a six months period , you all seem to have forgotten that , we did have a full service , an experimental one which ran for six months , er we were advised by the officers at the end of that period it was not necessary to run the full seven day a week service , it was not necessary we are still being advised that that is not necessary , that is the advice we were given at the last committee meeting and er the majority of members supported that . |
2 | But is there a facility for a twelve months payment order or |
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 . |