Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [verb] for [adj] months " in BNC.
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1 | Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost . |
2 | A BANGOR man found in possession of cannabis worth a street value of £40,000 has been jailed for 18 months . |
3 | A MAN of 28 who bit of the tip of another man 's nose during a fight has been jailed for 18 months . |
4 | A BUSINESSMAN has been jailed for 18 months for receiving thousands of pounds worth of stolen goods . |
5 | A man who tortured a cat in the cellar of his house has been jailed for six months . |
6 | A farmer has been jailed for six months for cruelty to his animals . |
7 | A HIT-AND-RUN driver who knocked down a Gaelic footballer and left him dying on a border road has been jailed for six months . |
8 | A DARLINGTON woman has been jailed for six months . |
9 | A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates . |
10 | A man who was caught in possession of a stolen famous painting has been jailed for eighteen months at the High Court in Edinburgh . |
11 | A youth has been jailed for eighteen months for beating a man so badly his own father did n't recognise him . |
12 | Twenty-five year old David Taylor of Chillingworth Crescent in Woodfarm has been jailed for eighteen months for possession of drugs . |
13 | The former chairman of Swindon Town Football Club Brian Hillier has been jailed for twelve months . |
14 | A policeman has been jailed for thirty months after he attacked a motorist and tried to cover up the offence . |
15 | A PROFESSIONAL pick-pocket who targeted pensioners has been jailed for 27 months by Liverpool Crown Court . |
16 | A BOAT skipper who took £100,000 in bookings for a ferry service which did not exist has been jailed for 15 months . |
17 | A MAN who has made 15 previous court appearances has been jailed for 15 months by a judge at Liverpool Crown Court . |
18 | A man has been jailed for three months for shooting dead a pair of swans . |
19 | FORMER Liverpool City Council trade unionist Tony Gavin , who stole welfare funds , has been jailed for three months . |
20 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
21 | If for instance , an employee has been employed for six months or more , the governing body must give the LEA a written statement of the reasons for dismissal . |
22 | This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board . |
23 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
24 | Er you will all be aware I think that the budget has been running for some months and er I suppose a lot of you either as spokes persons or as members of groups have actually been dealing with the budget issues in some detail . |
25 | Voluntary Project administrator Roy Montgomery is convinced the scheme , which has been running for three months , is a major success — and a lifeline for local young people . |
26 | FORMER British light-heavywight champion Steve McCarthy has been suspended for three months , fined £1,000 and banned from fighting abroad by the British Board of Control after being disqualified in the third round of a bout with Darius Michalczeski in Hamburg in September . |
27 | The striking out is automatic as compared with Ord 13 , r 3(4) where the court has to give notice of intention to strike out where no action has been taken for 12 months . |
28 | The money , under the EC 's Rechar programme , has been frozen for 18 months while the political dispute raged on . |
29 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
30 | POLICE believe a body washed up on a beach in Kent might be that of a young Essex woman who has been missing for two months . |