Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the [adj] [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ask him stupid things like , ‘ Where have you been for the past six months ? ’ |
| 2 | er , so I 've a , is n't it , it 's a case of no news is possibly good news again , erm , I 'm trying to get in touch with the National Co-Organiser for Carl and John without er any success erm , I know he was going to the erm , the British Section just erm , he was gon na check on them and what actions were forthcoming but er , I have n't heard about that erm , I dare say there 's some on the way erm , the erm , the other few points were erm Jackie 's talk last month she mentioned that erm she was gon na give sort of the more forms sort of side presentation and stuff at their centre in North London , I 've got ta date for that now , it 's erm the eighteenth of March , which is a Wednesday so eh , I 'll certainly be going , if anybody else is interested that 's er , that 's the date er , it 's , it 's not entirely to do with but it , it has a link in , erm we were mentioning campaigns last month , I believe there 's a fourth coming one on , indigenous peoples , which , er , it 's , it 's all sort of triggered off by erm the er five hundredth anniversary of Columbus discovering the Americas erm , the erm cast and the whole of all the sort of the Region and Action networks and the Americas are , erm gon na have a big link in with that campaign so , erm , I , I 'd really like to see us sort of getting involved with that , yes , and , I mean , I 'll be involved to an extent anyway , cos some of the actions that I 'll getting will be sort of addressing the issue of indigenous people 's but erm , erm , they if , if nobody else is wiling to take it on , I 'll , I 'll , I 'd certainly be prepared to erm , sort of co-ordinate that campaign , erm , having said all that , erm I mentioned to a few people that erm , erm in the process of buying a house , so erm I could be moving in well hopefully as little as two months time so erm , I mean if er is as quite as it has been for the last few months , I probably wo n't have any problems , but erm , sod 's law it 's bound to pick up just as I 'm moving house |
| 3 | The Company Securities ( Insider Dealing Act 1985 ) provides that a person ( ‘ the buyer ’ ) who knowingly obtains information , directly or indirectly , from an individual ( ‘ the insider ’ ) who is or has been during the preceding six months ‘ knowingly connected ’ with the company commits a criminal offence if the buyer deals on a recognised Stock Exchange in securities of that company when the buyer : — |
| 4 | Dire though the attacks on Belfast have been during the past two months , it is a sign of just how successful economic development has been that the IRA should have felt it necessary to retaliate in the way that it has . |
| 5 | Er indeed nationally there has been in the last twelve months , a three percent er reduction in traffic flows in any event . |
| 6 | The firm are in the last two months of a three-year maintenance contract for work in the Capital 's central area , including the repainting of the Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens . |
| 7 | I expect Sinbad feels that as I 'm in the last few months of my final year , she 'd better pack me with as much experience as possible before I get whisked away to act staff nurse in some ward . |
| 8 | The sale will be in the next two months , provided regulatory approval is granted , and will be tied to market price ; Zenith shares are currently trading at $6.625 . |
| 9 | It is during the first few months in particular that these sorts of activities can affect the developing foetus , producing babies that may be premature , and with a low birth weight . |
| 10 | At each anniversary National Savings will write and say what the guaranteed rate is for the next 12 months . |
| 11 | He has just received a hefty testimonial pay-out and is in the last 18 months of his current contract . |
| 12 | The sale by Sotheby 's over the next few months is expected to raise £5 million . |
| 13 | When the king had died peacefully in bed in 1968 he had been left exactly as he was for the first six months to make sure he was n't simply astral-travelling . |
| 14 | On the same day that Scott was appointed architect for the new India Office , 1st January , 1859 , came the opening of the controversy which was for the next thirty months to dominate the campaign to rebuild the Foreign Office . |
| 15 | The organisation of the celebrations on such a large scale was a major success for Pateman and although he could not have known it at the time he was in the final few months of his long and difficult years of service to the District and the WEA . |