Example sentences of "the [adj] few months [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first few months we received a considerable amount of written advice from individuals and professional organisations , and so in making our decisions we could draw on a range of expertise . |
| 2 | For the first few months they earned only a few pennies a week between them and Sal became convinced they would all end up in the workhouse if they kept failing to cough up the rent . |
| 3 | For the first few months I was just having it now and again and then I was having a bit more . |
| 4 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 5 | For the first few months she trembled at the thought of performing an official engagement on her own . |
| 6 | During the first few months he worked with a gang of local road-menders , filling pot-holes on the highway , smoothing cambers , paving the dirt tracks that led to ranches . |
| 7 | There have been a couple of announcements in the past few months which should be of interest to us . |
| 8 | Over the past few months they have been told that their primary and community health care is awful ; now the government tells them that accident and emergency departments will shut , along with 2000-odd hospital beds , when their immediate evidence is that it is hard to get into hospital . |
| 9 | Sir , — In the past few months we have heard much regarding possible reforms in the working of parliament . |
| 10 | Over the past few months we 've been advising you to take all the hype about the death of the 386 with a generous pinch of salt . |
| 11 | I am glad to report that in the past few months we have made real progress with the car manufacturers . |
| 12 | Over the past few months we have welcomed several new staff : |
| 13 | Over the past few months we 've seen a far higher proportion of our own borrowers being first time buyers , okay at very low levels , but er a much higher proportion being first time buyers . |
| 14 | Over the past few months there have been detailed discussions ( which are continuing ) in Brussels over the technical context and allocation of funding for the new workplan . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In the past few months your vehicles have been involved in a number of accidents and one person has been killed . |
| 17 | In the past few months it has become clear to Her Majesty that her own children have spectacularly failed in their duty to the Crown . |
| 18 | For the past few months it 's been more or less constantly at the limit — the £300,000 cheque put it unacceptably over . " |
| 19 | After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in . |
| 20 | Over the past few months I have noticed a slight decrease in the amount of information being sent for publication in Touchline . |
| 21 | In the past few months he has sided with those in the party and the army who have long wanted a crackdown . |
| 22 | Over the last few months we 've had a number of queries from hobbyists concerning fish which they have bought for their community tanks , which despite advice from their dealer , have turned out to be most unsuitable for such a set up . |
| 23 | For the last few months everything has rather fallen apart . |
| 24 | Kate was curiously fascinating , but mixed in with the fascination was a sort of fear ; and over the last few months she had made it quite clear that the less she had to do with him , the better she would like it . |
| 25 | The last few months she did n't me and fed me when he could , and cared for me . |
| 26 | Smart said : ‘ Over the last few months there have been a number of crimes of minor violence in the central area of the town and the parks . |
| 27 | In the last few months there has been a flood of people seeking membership , and several regional groups have been set up . |
| 28 | In the last few months it has introduced a mortgage rescue package and plans to use empty flats above shops in a further bit to get waiting lists down . |
| 29 | In the last few months he has been especially active ; for instance , in response to the criticism that art education is much neglected , he announced in January the renovation or rehousing of four art schools , including the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux Arts of Paris . |
| 30 | In the last few months he had consciously ingratiated himself with Joe , flattered him , let Joe think that he was grateful to him for giving him the breaker 's job . |