Example sentences of "only [prep] [art] [det] month " in BNC.
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1 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |
2 | ‘ Only for a few months , yes . |
3 | This inherited , natural , passive ( the baby has not produced it ) immunity to , for example , measles and whooping cough usually lasts only for a few months after birth . |
4 | Like the other Acorus species described so far , it grows only for a few months in the aquarium . |
5 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
6 | There is a fundamental contradiction between the official figures ( which , as Teddy perfectly fairly pointed out , showed that 75 per cent of those who went on Government schemes did secure subsequent employment ) and the common experience that such jobs tended to last only for a few months . |