Example sentences of "for [adj] months in [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1898 he worked for some months in Naples on the evolution of small sharks , and then became a demonstrator in the natural history department of St Andrews University . |
| 2 | A London born terrorist has today been jailed for six months in Amsterdam on arms offences . |
| 3 | Abe Nathan , Middle East peace campaigner , jailed for six months in Israel for meeting Yasser Arafat The existence of the Socialist German Democratic Republic is good fortune for our people , and for the peoples of Europe . |
| 4 | In January 1968 Crawford and his family , which now included baby Lucy , set off for six months in Hollywood . |
| 5 | Japan , too , is highlighted as part of the huge Japan Festival which is running for three months in Northern Ireland and throughout Britain — but , yes , it was another coincidence that Scottish Opera chose to offer us Madama Butterfly ! |
| 6 | Having known him for many months in Vancouver , and relishing his word-pictures of Yukon characters like ‘ dangerous Dan McGrew ’ and ‘ the lady known as Lou ’ , I tried to see in Service 's eyes the modern Yukon nearly half a century after the gold rush . |
| 7 | But he was surpassed both in Italianism and in quality of invention by another Nuremberg composer , Hassler ( 1564–1612 ) , who studied for fifteen months in Venice ( 1584–5 ) . |
| 8 | Mr Johnson was jailed for nine months in July after pleading guilty to administering poison to his daughters Samantha , seven , and Leanne , five , and assaulting his wife . |
| 9 | ‘ He 'd been out of football for nine months in France , and he had to put up with the boo-ing . |
| 10 | The sick flocked to him , and in 1666 he toured England , staying for several months in Lincoln 's Inn Fields , where he treated a great number of sufferers with varying success . |
| 11 | After stopping for several months in Toulouse , they arrived in Paris in February 1904 ; she was never to leave . |
| 12 | Until Helen spent a week at home in early October , they did not meet again for four months ; and when the Webb family were at Rotherfield for two months in August and September , there are no letters or notebooks to fill the gap . |
| 13 | The second thing I did n't know , she er , she worked eighteen , she worked for eighteen months in London , arrived there for a holiday , and er , from being eighteen , so sh , this now will explain why she 's quite mature as I said she 's still very young , and that . |