Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adj] months [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 19 January electric trains began operation between Bishop 's Stortford and Cambridge , and within three months authority was received to electrify the nearby ten-mile gap from Royston to Shepreth Branch Junction ( near Cambridge ) , the anticipated £2.5million costs being justified by savings in the use of rolling stock and lower maintenance costs . |
| 2 | She intentially overstayed her visit and in six months time was doing ‘ day 's work ’ in people 's homes . |
| 3 | Six months after the first birth , a wife 's evaluation of marriage is likely to be lower than that of her husband , and by eighteen months conflict may reach a peak . |
| 4 | At the moment I find that I can just afford my fortnightly twenty-minute flights , but in eighteen months time , when I reach the age of seventy , I wonder if I shall be able to afford £130 per year for the ‘ privilege ’ of flying ? |
| 5 | I know it 's tempting when see something at £5 instead of £10 , but in six months time it 's useless — that 's why it 's cheap . ’ |