Example sentences of "[prep] months [prep] a time " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes he was away from home for months at a time . |
2 | Deep acting medicines ( Lycopodium , Calc Carb etc. ) can be used several times daily and repeated for months at a time if necessary . |
3 | I 'm a social smoker but I can go for months at a time without even thinking about it . |
4 | At the time the thought never entered our heads that there could be any doubt about this , and it is certain that the effect on morale throughout the country was tremendous , especially as for months at a time the war news from other parts of the world was usually bad . |
5 | They relate experiences of ‘ being without anyone ’ for months at a time — as if my position is like theirs , with only housework to bother me . |
6 | Brenda , however , is used to bringing up her three daughters alone for months at a time . |
7 | For a weekend or for months at a time . |
8 | He virtually commuted between London and Sydney , his Australian birthplace , where he would stay for months at a time with his parents , making award-winning films , before returning to London in his safari suit , sun-bleached and fit . |
9 | Even though they may live and sleep above ground for months at a time , they prefer not to be out of distance of some sort of refuge that will serve for a hole . |
10 | For me the most dangerous aspect of the job has been not so much the very real dangers in the field as the psychological vertigo of alternating for months at a time between the utter extremes of the planet ; from the film markets of California 's Hollywood Hills , where I rented an A-frame , to the remotest jungles of the East . |
11 | The locals find they must leave , while houses in their village remain locked and empty for months at a time . |
12 | But quotas set to ensure the sustainability of the resource were widely ignored : Russian and East European factory ships moved in for months at a time , and Spain took the opportunity to develop a host of industries back home — from ship-building to canning — based on the hake resources of Namibia . |
13 | ‘ He 's often away , and frequently stays away for months at a time . ’ |
14 | ‘ He 's often away , and frequently stays away for months at a time . ’ |
15 | He had been a mining engineer and away for months at a time . |
16 | When the house was finished , he hid himself away for months at a time , with only a few good friends and his beloved books and garden . |