Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] months [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , large numbers of drifter buoys were launched into the ocean off Peru and for several months they were tracked via the Argos satellite as they drifted with the surface currents . |
| 2 | Theodora had followed her brief and for three months she had watched and listened . |
| 3 | A month later I saw something bright green there , and after six months I had a very small field of corn . |
| 4 | You work forty years of your life you 're made redundant all that time you paid insurance , tax and after twelve months they 've got the gall to take money you paid all your life off your unemployment and throw you on income . |
| 5 | And so me brother and I , who was a twin , were put into the choir as probationers , like today 's police force , and after twelve months we 'd passed all the necessary tests for the vicar and became chororists with the choir and graduated through it . |
| 6 | His progress was predictably rapid , and after eighteen months he made the move to television , even though it was only as an assistant on Pets and Vets , an animal welfare show . |
| 7 | The recurrence rate in the corrosive group , however , decreased over time , and after 12 months it was significantly ( p<0.001 ) lower than the recurrence rate in the first six months . |
| 8 | She was determined to get better , and after seven months she was discharged from in-patient treatment at the rehabilitation unit . |
| 9 | I intend to start with the Dwarf Angel , and after three months I will put in a very young Regal Tang , which I would keep until it is three inches long . |
| 10 | We begin work feeling that certain codes of dress and conduct are acceptable and within six months we have agreed with the norms that indicate that certain codes of dress and conduct are certainly not acceptable . |
| 11 | Clayton 's development as a photographer had accelerated at a rapid pace and within 12 months he won 12 awards , including : |
| 12 | At 15 , he started to dabble with heroin and within 12 months he was using it daily . |
| 13 | Marriage to an Englishman brought Sandra to Britain and within 6 months she 'd won the Sunday Times best Watercolour competition . |
| 14 | So it was an uphill struggle and within three months we were doing well in shop and I left my job and since then I 'm in Walsall . |
| 15 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ Prior to his tour of the States , David started doing dates in England and within three months he was becoming what seemed like the biggest thing in England . |
| 16 | Meanwhile sister-in-law Kim had been working hard too and in 12 months she lost 5st ( 32kg ) , plus 12½ins ( 32cm ) from her bust , 11 ins ( 28 cm ) from her waist , 14ins ( 36cm ) from her hips and 10½ins ( 26cm ) from each thigh ! |
| 17 | However , my parents are both happy , has grown up and is football mad , will be three in a few months , has just turned one and in seven months I will be leaving high school and have my whole future in front of me . |
| 18 | Around this time his wage rate came to 2/3 a day , but he rarely worked more than about 10 days in any month , and in some months he did not work at all . |
| 19 | In dogs over three months of age , the hepatic-tracheal migration occurs less frequently , and at six months it has almost ceased . |
| 20 | If they take three months you will be financing 25 per cent of your year 's sales and at four months you will be financing 33.3 per cent . |