Example sentences of "for the [adj] few months " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for the past few months , I 've been reading Viz. |
| 2 | A government supermarket in New Delhi has been selling 10 solar cookers every day for the past few months for about £20 each . |
| 3 | He could not explain it , but his putting had gone to pieces for the past few months and he was missing shots which formerly he would have holed with ease . |
| 4 | This is something we have all known for the past few months . |
| 5 | He has held the position on a part-time basis for the past few months . |
| 6 | For the past few months , the Metropolitan Museum of Art has been trying , without success , to find a drawings curator to replace Jacob Bean , who has just retired . |
| 7 | He wished Annabel were not so insecure and dependent upon him ; for the past few months , as she waited for Avanti to make up its mind , she had needed constant emotional support and reassurance from Scott , who had felt her clinging to him , almost like a physical weight on his back . |
| 8 | Christina had seen it every day for the past few months , but had to admit that tonight it looked especially magical . |
| 9 | It was an ancient emotion for Blanche , calling her home from the wasteland of tension and anger she had tramped across for the past few months . |
| 10 | ‘ I tolerated her while Ma was alive to keep the peace for Ma 's sake , except for the past few months , but no more . |
| 11 | For the past few months my husband , who 's 43 and a smoker , has been getting a sharp pain in the pit of his stomach , which he 's been ‘ curing ’ with a glass of milk . |
| 12 | For the past few months it 's been more or less constantly at the limit — the £300,000 cheque put it unacceptably over . " |
| 13 | This is no mean task , especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months . |
| 14 | All the anger , frustration and hurt finally exploded into action in violent contrast to the lethargy that had been her constant companion for the past few months . |
| 15 | I have n't read anything official from Elland Road for the past few months , so I 'm presuming that this season coming we wo n't need premier cards to go to away games . |
| 16 | The laser has been developed and built in Banbury … its been undergoing sea tests on the south coast for the past few months … |
| 17 | For the past few months Police have been mounting a major operation to crackdown on joy riders … its the type of accident they 'd always feared . |