Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] a few months " in BNC.
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| 1 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
| 2 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 4 | He wooed her and wed her within a few months . |
| 5 | I could let you have it for a few months until you get sorted out . ’ |
| 6 | No , I mean , there 's nothing to stop him arresting more British people , or er , any nationality , come to that , and saying well , they did stray into our territory , I 'm sorry about this , but er , we ca n't have that sort of thing , you 'll have to er , come and see if I want to release them in a few months . |
| 7 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 8 | I 'll would outgrown it within a few months . |
| 9 | But we want to review it after a few months because as I say , once she 's got herself organized , it might be alright . |
| 10 | In this case , leave it for a few months and try going again later . |
| 11 | Only had it for a few months . |
| 12 | As for the English speaking , a child of far more than three has no difficulty learning Italian and is so far from being wedded to the tongue he has begun with that he forgets it within a few months so do not say to me that is an obstacle . |
| 13 | No what I 'm say what I 'm saying is that that leaving it for a few months probably is n't going to do you any harm . |
| 14 | ‘ To have banned him for a few months would have been one thing , but to take him to court and ban him for life seemed to defeat the object of the exercise . ’ |