Example sentences of "that [prep] a [det] month " in BNC.
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1 | This means that for a few months in summer it is usually possible to sail right round West Spitsbergen ; if the ship is not too large and is able to land passengers from suitable landing craft , this is the best possible way to explore Spitsbergen . |
2 | James faced such intractable problems that after a few months he nearly quit . |
3 | Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue . |
4 | While the British were doing this , they learnt enough about the political situation in Bengal to realize that in a few months of confused and contradictory policy ( of which his aggressive and then conciliatory treatment of the East India Company was only one example ) Siraj-ud-Daula had lost the confidence of the Hindu merchants and bankers who ran the financial system and of some of the Muslims who ran the Bengal army . |
5 | So you could find that in a few months ’ time he 's your boss . ’ |