Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a month " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other MPs who came close to defeat were the Militant supporter Mr Pat Wall ( Bradford North ) , and Mr Ron Brown ( Leith ) , the left-winger who had the whip withdrawn for a month for dropping the Mace . |
| 2 | Trapped for a month , only the dog 's determination to be reunited with her master kept her going . |
| 3 | Thank You'-You are about to deflate the small plastic paddling pool in the garden in which no infant has paddled for a month until you realise that it is now full of strange vegetation and even stranger swimming insects and you decide to keep it as a nature reserve . |
| 4 | You 'd have us excommunicated and hanged inside a month . |
| 5 | Both illusions were shattered in ways that underlined how fragile and ramshackle the policies were , and they were shattered within a month of each other . |
| 6 | ( Most prisoners come from the Greater London area , so family visits are relatively easy ; a liberal visiting policy also means that up to three visits can be made during a month . ) |
| 7 | But defender Andy Barlow will be sidelined for a month after straining a calf muscle in training . |
| 8 | done about a month ago where it comes up . |
| 9 | The recording was made within a month of the première , which was conducted by ‘ Glorious John ’ , as Vaughan Williams called Barbirolli . |
| 10 | Hawke immediately denied the allegation to the federal parliament , claiming that he had given no such promise and that a decision about the tax was not made until a month after the lunch . |
| 11 | On 1 May 1937 , the National Executive of the Labour Party warned the Federation that it would be automatically disaffiliated within a month if it did not alter its constitution . |
| 12 | Angela Kinsella , 28 , of High Northgate , Darlington , was sentenced to a month 's imprisonment yesterday for causing fear or provocation of violence , resisting a police constable and stealing a shirt from a clothes shop . |
| 13 | However , withdrawals made without a month 's notice will be subject to a charge of 50p per £100 withdrawn . |
| 14 | An enormous tin trunk was brought down from the attic , and systematically packed with everything needed for a month 's holiday . |
| 15 | Ershad 's trial had been scheduled to open on Feb. 16 , but was postponed for a month on a technicality . |
| 16 | In February 1989 , when the Louvre was closed for a month , museum experts under the direction of Lola Faillant-Dumas examined the ‘ Marriage at Cana ’ with infra-red reflectography , using a Hamatsu camera attached to a screen for immediate visualisation . |
| 17 | Most Boehme works that come up are later than this circa 1804 pot ( though , oddly enough , with one sold in Delaware , and one at Christie 's , this was the third sold in a month ) , are generally sort of ‘ provincial Philadelphia ’ in style , and lack the soaring and presence of this one , which went to an Eastern private collector for $20,000 ( £14,285 ) . |
| 18 | Lydia had always collected curious specimens for her parties , frequently foreign : South Africans who could tell her what it was really like over there , Nigerians in brilliant robes , an Asian boy with almond eyes who had stayed for a month until Gerald heard the scurrilous talk and kicked him out . |
| 19 | Griffiths , who has not played for a month because of a rib injury , watched Cardiff overwhelm London Welsh on Saturday and is expected to train with the club next week . |
| 20 | Andersson has not played for a month but trained with United for the first time yesterday and made an instant impression . |
| 21 | But by now , the whole Lockerbie investigation was dogged by a sense of futility felt nowhere more keenly than at the Scottish Fatal Accident Inquiry which , just before Christmas 1990 , recessed for a month after hearing 150 witnesses in 46 days . |
| 22 | The hostel could be tolerated for a month or so and during the interlude I would concentrate all my efforts on finding somewhere more permanent to live . |
| 23 | She 'd gone into labour when she was told about the Antelope , and Martin was born about a month premature . |
| 24 | Over forty disabled ex-servicemen were employed within a month , and they produced their first million poppies within two months . |
| 25 | But the Duke of Norfolk wanted £72,000 for it — rather more than £2 million in today 's currency — and the money had to be raised within a month . |
| 26 | In Gloucestershire , another six hundred people are now out of work compared to a month ago . |
| 27 | ‘ She has not spoken for a month . |
| 28 | Tempers exploded at breakfast time after Rosemary and Carssier who had feuded for a month accidentally bumped into each other between two beds and their slanging match to violence when Rosemary shouted what you need is a man ! |
| 29 | A joint statement issued in London on Sept. 28 after talks between Brooke and the Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP ) warned that if no new formula could be found within a month to bring together the nationalist and Unionist parties on the constitutional future of Northern Ireland , the initiative would have to be abandoned . |
| 30 | He said that his government attached the highest priority to restoring the health of the economy , and promised that a budget would be introduced within a month and that dialogue with the IMF would continue . |