Example sentences of "for a few month " in BNC.
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| 31 | It usually starts shortly after the animals have been weaned and in most instances it only persists for a few months . |
| 32 | Nancy Ball had only been with Hugo for a few months and it was much longer than that since Harriet had visited him at the office . |
| 33 | One lunchtime when she had been at the House of Mattli for a few months Paula went there for her usual coffee and the cottage cheese salad that was her staple diet now that it was so important that she did not add a single half-inch to her wand-slim figure . |
| 34 | He told Lisa that before the operation , and for a few months after , she would have to wear a steel frame pinned to her head and connected to a rigid plaster jacket to hold her damaged neck in place . |
| 35 | He 's a student , working over here for a few months . |
| 36 | You could , if you wish , try Java Fern , which is rather too woody for the tastes of many species — but if you want a good covering you will need to let it establish for a few months — or else you can cheat and use Java Fern-covered rocks/bogwood from another tank . |
| 37 | Dare I say that a set of vintage pickups and a lick of conductive paint would almost complete the sonic illusion , in the same way that burying the neck and body in peat for a few months would crown the guitar 's appearance ! |
| 38 | They then worked on the script together for a few months before joining Peckinpah in England , where he was busy with pre-production . |
| 39 | For a few months , the Labour Party 's bruised and battered members can stir , intrigue and factionalise — and raise their spirits in the process . |
| 40 | It was only fair that Neil Kinnock should be allowed to relinquish his post quickly , although the possibility of Roy Hattersley stepping in as deputy for a few months was ruled out too early . |
| 41 | Normally , each hair follicle goes through a resting phase ( telogen ) every few years : hair stops growing , falls out and is n't replaced for a few months . |
| 42 | ‘ I 've been seeing him regularly for a few months now . |
| 43 | Like the other Acorus species described so far , it grows only for a few months in the aquarium . |
| 44 | In ordinary aquarium sand or gravel it will merely survive for a few months . |
| 45 | They would stay for a few months and go back . |
| 46 | Studies were over for a few months . |
| 47 | For a few months in the summer of 1916 a ‘ Women 's Peace Crusade ’ had been active in Glasgow . |
| 48 | For a few months this carried all before it . |
| 49 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
| 50 | At one point I left Switchboard for a few months . |
| 51 | If we work together then , perhaps , you will be here for a few months , if we fight then you are here for fourteen years ’ |
| 52 | Of the three , the split between Sampras , 20 and Brandi , from whom he parted for a few months at the end of 1990 , was the greatest surprise . |
| 53 | Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years . |
| 54 | Children with considerable learning problems were removed from mainstream classes for a few months and taught by a specially appointed additional teacher . |
| 55 | Still , most of us were glad to be relieved of responsibility for our failing learners for a few months . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | The more common response was a temporary lull in the onslaught of behavioural difficulties for a few months before and after adoption . |
| 58 | Mr Chairman erm I would like personally take up a suggestion that was in The Star about the possibility of a regional company being based at the playhouse in other words for a few months I would see it as people getting to know this company and rather like a repertory theatre of old then people would want to come and see these people in different roles and I think that would add to the you know repetitive . |
| 59 | ‘ To have banned him for a few months would have been one thing , but to take him to court and ban him for life seemed to defeat the object of the exercise . ’ |
| 60 | With great reluctance , Reagan bowed to pressure from his advisers and compromised the Kemp-Roth principle somewhat by agreeing that the first cut should be delayed for a few months and reduced to 5 per cent in the first year with 10 per cent cuts in years two and three . |