Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] month [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After six months Miloš made a ceremonial entry into Belgrade to parley with the newly appointed Turkish governor , Marasli , who had been given a mandate by the sultan to make concessions in order to pacify the Serbs . |
| 2 | The immediate result of George 's absence was the loss of his advice regarding the wine list , about which Olive knew little , and after three months Marie found it necessary to engage a specialist wine waiter . |
| 3 | For month after patient month Torrance ticked over , convinced in his own mind that one of those days his putter would get hot and he would win again . |
| 4 | After fifteen months Edward left St. Paul 's on the tacit understanding that he would read at home for the competitive administration examinations of the Civil Service . |
| 5 | After one month Ola saw his stocks rise by more than £120 . |
| 6 | After four months Alderman Joshua Smith , president of Southwark Borough Council , secured her release from prison — but not of course from the rest of her debts . |
| 7 | After two months Esther was allowed home for weekend , so she was able to join in her normal family life , particularly celebrating the Sabbath . |
| 8 | FOR six months Sarah Monelle had stayed at home with her cherished baby son . |
| 9 | For six months Pakistan 's governments have been preoccupied with intrigue , and it may be that their carefree attitude to running the country is beginning to show up in the figures . |
| 10 | At the end of that month Colonel Fergusson imparted the news that the Frenchy picture at the Rotunda had closed for lack of spectators , whereas Messrs Marshall 's Peristrephic Panorama was still being shown three times a day to audiences rendered perfectly comfortable by patent stoves . |
| 11 | The first outbreak occurred in Essex in the second half of May , in the form of resistance to taxation , by early June Kent also was in revolt , and by the second week of that month East Anglia too was affected . |
| 12 | By the end of that month Charlie was almost wiped out and once again unable to pay the rent . |
| 13 | By the end of that month Raybestos decided to abandon the Knockanemore dump ‘ in the interests of community harmony ’ . |
| 14 | Until the 19th of this month Rachel Adler is presenting new work by the Columbian painter Santiago Cardenas . |
| 15 | In anticipation of his major 1993 exhibition at the Jeu de Paume , which concentrates on the work he produced during the Eighties , until the end of this month Martin Barré is presenting a new series of twelve paintings at the Laage-Salomon gallery . |
| 16 | Over a period of 4 months Gary received scripture verses , most noticeably Psalm 37:4–7 , which seemed to confirm that God wanted Gary to become involved with YWAM . |
| 17 | So in the space of 5½ months South Africa will play 27 matches , including seven Tests . |
| 18 | At the end of last month Westminster , owned and operated 39 nursing homes in England , Scotland and Wales , providing 2,620 beds . |
| 19 | For three months Jeanne kept her love for Modigliani a secret from her family , went to Mass and appeared gentle and dutiful , if somewhat abstracted . |
| 20 | For three months Mrs Reich nursed Holly back to health at her parents ' home in Dagenham , Essex . |
| 21 | His first ministry was brief , but when his government was defeated it was clear that nobody could take his place : for three months George II had to run the administration without any parliamentary ministers — an operation that was not as impossible as it would have been seventy years later , though not nearly as normal as it would have been seventy years earlier . |
| 22 | In September the log-jam thwarting the ‘ mighty stream ’ gave way : throughout that month London publishers of the book were furnishing to one distribution house alone some 10,000 copies a day . |
| 23 | Great brier hedges grew up around the Palace , and for many months Ireland had no ruler . ’ |
| 24 | Whatever the reason for the sharing of the horse , the two men kept their transaction-secret and for many months Kilpatrick was thought to be still the sole owner . |
| 25 | For the first time in eight months Patrick felt one hundred per cent fit . |
| 26 | The partnership was not a success , however , and within six months Milburn took it over and amalgamated with Nathan and Sommers . |
| 27 | But within six months John was spotted by a Luton talent scout while playing in a county schools match and moved south to Kenilworth Road . |
| 28 | They arrived in Liverpool after an uneventful railway journey and for the second time in three months Cam walked along the dock wall looking for the Langdale ; but now there was confidence in his stride and eagerness in his face . |
| 29 | Within three months Eva was champing at the bit . |
| 30 | He did n't score , but too often we saddle our better strikers with ridiculous demands — as Mark Hughes knows only too well — and in any case with 20 on the board in four months Shearer is well placed to double his career record by the end of the season . |