Example sentences of "for a few month " in BNC.
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| 61 | A few months after I left I met someone else and we had a wonderful relationship for a few months , but then guilt reared its ugly head and Marie persuaded me to go back because I 'd left her with two children . |
| 62 | The downfall of Mrs Thatcher , the arrival of John Major at 10 Downing Street and the Gulf War took the spotlight away from the Group 's activities for a few months . |
| 63 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 64 | At almost a year old , Piment would have already been experimenting with solid food for a few months , though probably more in play than serious eating . |
| 65 | It remained his seat for a few months short of thirty years . |
| 66 | They can live with it for a few months , but not longer which is why they have such a high turnover of staff . |
| 67 | 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 . |
| 68 | 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 . |
| 69 | But how did such migrants ever learn that there was better weather at the other end of the globe or that hundreds of miles north of the African savannahs , for a few months , abundant food was to be had . |
| 70 | ‘ He 's asked me to dine at the villa he 's looking after for a few months , just to oblige a couple of ex-pats . |
| 71 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 72 | A couple of years later she had her second baby and again breast-fed for a few months after the birth . |
| 73 | If you are not aware that your eating habits change depending on the time of your menstrual cycle , it would be worth keeping diary for a few months to check . |
| 74 | ‘ She came back again when the baby was born and for a few months she tried , I 'll give her that . |
| 75 | The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months . |
| 76 | She only stayed for a few months , then she became unwell and had to give up the job . |
| 77 | It was Desmond who put me on the game — that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it . |
| 78 | I had been in Styal for a few months and I kept putting in for an open prison , but they kept saying no . |
| 79 | When the next version arrives , you might want to install it in a separate subdirectory ( in case it has a hidden bug ) and keep the old version for a few months . |
| 80 | Her boyfriend , having disappeared during her pregnancy , returned and acted like a concerned father for a few months after the baby was born , even coming to live in Joanne 's house , but then left as suddenly as he had come , and all the family feel very bitter about this . |
| 81 | For a few months Joanne stayed at home , but became desperate to get a job and regain her independence . |
| 82 | He wants to talk about getting some of his poets to work on the Alps — he 's looking after one or two o the Romantics for a few months , while a colleague of his is sitting on a commission of inquiry . |
| 83 | ‘ Twill do Anne no harm to leave off the dances for a few months out of respect for her grandma , ’ Julia said . |
| 84 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 85 | I always turn them upside down or against the wall for a few months and then I might become curious and look again . |
| 86 | Your lender and insurance company may put your endowment on ice for a few months . |
| 87 | ‘ Timothy , four , has been learning cello for a few months and loves it . ’ |
| 88 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |
| 89 | I thought I would get a job there but I could n't for a few months and er , my wife and two children joined me there and my brother 's wife joined us there , and two of us bought the house in Luton . |
| 90 | For a few months in 1796 she and her mother joined her father in Sligo ; here she studied the Irish language . |