Example sentences of "in the [adj] months he " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something decidedly odd about the engineering master ; his manner was always friendly , but , in the six months he had been at the school , Robert had not exchanged more than a few words with the man . |
| 2 | In the preceding months he had prepared himself with meticulous care , filling his mind with distilled knowledge , drop by drop , until … it was almost brimming over . |
| 3 | In the first months he travelled up to London on Wednesday , sometimes by train but often one of his neighbours , Sir Philip Gibbs , would drive him . |
| 4 | Whether he did this is questionable , as in the following months he made a kitchen in the east end of the greenhouse . |
| 5 | In the following months he defeated Lord Franks in the election of a Chancellor for Oxford University : he was still in office in 1983 , and still using in public ceremonies the Latin pronunciation he had learned at Eton in the last Edwardian days . |
| 6 | In the following months he was summoned to appear before Trefnant ; this he repeatedly failed to do , though he sent a further document . |
| 7 | For some while he had suffered from phlebitis and several times in the previous months he had been unable to speak at meetings . |
| 8 | Harper told the court he 'd gone out with both Becky and Emma in the 6 months he knew them . |