Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the [adj] few months " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I tolerated her while Ma was alive to keep the peace for Ma 's sake , except for the past few months , but no more . |
| 2 | It may interest them that within the last few months the European parliament has agreed to press for a bill of rights for the citizens of Europe and for a written constitution for Europe . |
| 3 | I am glad to report that in the past few months we have made real progress with the car manufacturers . |
| 4 | It is hoped that in the next few months , following some training and an LEA-inspired new job description , certain simple maintenance tasks will be completed totally ‘ in-house ’ . |
| 5 | His comments were a bit premature because we find that in the next few months more than half those who died were children between the ages of 8 days and 9 years . |
| 6 | He has been working very long hours setting up in business here in er in this area er he gets home late at night and I 'm afraid to say that over the last few months he 's been nagged continuously by his girlfriend who wants him to try and sort out financial arrangements because the relationship between the two of them 's not been very good . |
| 7 | And for the past few months , I 've been reading Viz. |
| 8 | But for some reason , Tina had adopted him in her rough , kindly way , and for the last few months school life had been bearable . |
| 9 | No. 1–20 passed into the hands of London Transport and for the next few months continued to work as before . |
| 10 | That their father 's death must be a relief to her elder sister was obvious , for Major O'Brien had been hopelessly paralysed for years , and during the last few months of his life had been unable to speak . |
| 11 | In June 1933 Edward gave a birthday party for Wallis , and during the next few months he visited the Simpsons ' flat in London almost every day . |
| 12 | So if you need any help , a ‘ Come and Try It Day ’ , publicity , help with facilities etc. contact your Regional Rep. ( see Jan 1982 Q.T. Notes ) She is already in contact with the regional Sports Council and during the next few months will be preparing an overall programme for the whole Region . |
| 13 | A bright future for London 's securities firms would , oddly , be nearer if in the next few months they once again lost oodles of cash . |
| 14 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 15 | Within a month of nationalisation , the Authority 's commercial manager had identified the more serious black spots in which tariffs for additional domestic kWh were below ¾d. — which he reckoned to be the level required to cover costs — and in the next few months prices were generally raised to this level as a ‘ first aid ’ measure , pending the development of a proper pricing policy . |
| 16 | Kate was curiously fascinating , but mixed in with the fascination was a sort of fear ; and over the last few months she had made it quite clear that the less she had to do with him , the better she would like it . |
| 17 | He was n't yet quite in the Michael jackson class , but for the last few months the little boy had been difficult in the extreme . |
| 18 | But in the last few months he 's had a lot to cope with following the death of his best friend in a road accident . |
| 19 | Many beginners find it difficult , at first , to remember the Japanese phrases , but within the first few months of practice the language barrier begins to fade at a rapid rate . |
| 20 | But within the first few months of opening , the hotel was on target and , if anything , had underestimated its weekend business . |
| 21 | I suspect that we will find that John Major is both pro-active and reaction , because in the next few months erm up to some time before June nineteen ninety two , there has to be a manifesto produced for the next election , and I think it 's in that you will probably see the pro-active side of John Major and his colleagues . |
| 22 | Now we 're going to say a temporary goodbye , because over the next few months we need to consolidate all that we have learned . |