Example sentences of "months [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The elections had been called 15 months early after a group of five Green legislators — who had kept the minority government of Michael Field in office since June 1989 [ see p. 37877 ] — withdrew its support after disagreements over the issue of logging [ for May 1989 elections see p. 36658 ] . |
| 2 | ABE NATHAN , the former RAF Spitfire pilot who for 23 years has led an often lonely crusade for peace , was jailed for six months yesterday by a Ramla court for breaking an Israeli anti-terrorism law by meeting the PLO chairman , Yasser Arafat , in September last year . |
| 3 | But it may take three months , so you are three months possibly on a ventilator . |
| 4 | At nine he was employed by an ironmonger at 2s 6d a week and nine months later as a printer 's devil on the weekly Sunderland Herald at 45 6d . |
| 5 | He lost by 2,412 votes but returned to win at the General Election three months later with a majority of over 3,000 . |
| 6 | [ The company , after persistent pressure from the water authority , was able , with improved treatment methods , to comply several months later with a standard of one p.p.m . ] |
| 7 | Kelly believe winter — allowing the results of that animal attraction to be born nine months later at a time of peak autumn plenty . |
| 8 | Difficulties with Norway over fisheries policy took longer to resolve and , although a Treaty of Accession was signed by all four applicants on 22 January 1972 , the Norwegians rejected the idea of entry nine months later in a referendum . |
| 9 | The 21-year-old was arrested two months later in a pub in Point Samson — 12,400 miles off course . |
| 10 | Two months later in a game against Hearts he moved down the human anatomy , this time fouling the opposition fullback Steve Hamilton , who was helped off the pitch with stud marks on his stomach . |
| 11 | It was a time of great personal sadness ; his first wife had died in 1927 ; he had married Katherine Harrower-Peters the following year , but she too had died a few months later in an influenza epidemic . |
| 12 | Richard Crossman , manager of the Border brewery , Berwick , joined Mann 's as a partner , being joined a few months later by a friend from Berwick , Thomas Paulin . |
| 13 | The surgeries at Crook , Peterlee , Consett and Chester-le-Street reopened 16 months ago on a trial basis for half-a-day each week . |
| 14 | I saw some of this ( in hanks ) only a few months ago on a stand at a street market . |
| 15 | He was arrested two months ago on a charge of trafficking in drugs . |
| 16 | Mrs Ashton , who comes from Hendon , London , is in corporate finance with a Newcastle bank and the pair met 18 months ago at a concert at Raby Castle . |
| 17 | WITH reference to the recent Echo letter about the £1 con-trick , I also had this same deed played on myself some months ago at a supermarket . |
| 18 | Several months ago at a party I asked him why he had n't written a book about his years in the Himalaya . |
| 19 | Three or four times a night on an estate in Oxford … so called joy riders would put on displays in high powered stolen cars … three months ago after a number of the Littlemore estate … |
| 20 | ‘ Put it this way , I was approached a few months ago by a couple of guys in one of my clubs who said that they wanted to see the gaffer . |
| 21 | Christine Campbell 's body was found five months ago in a suitcase hidden in the loft . |
| 22 | THE back office problems that lead to last month 's supension of Dumenil unit trusts were identified six months ago in a document that put the group up for sale . |
| 23 | THE back office problems that led to last month 's suspension of Dumenil unit trusts were identified six months ago in a document that put the group up for sale . |
| 24 | TV SOAP Eldorado , launched just two months ago in a blaze of publicity , is heading for the chop . |
| 25 | The closure announcement came the day after the resignation of Timex 's British president , Peter Hall , the man who became a hate figure for the 343 workers sacked five months ago in a dispute over lay-offs and cuts in benefits . |
| 26 | Post-heart attacks can re-apply in nine months instead of a year . |
| 27 | Much laughter , jollity , and anticipation of a successful 12 months ahead with a government on the run . |
| 28 | He used data from a survey which had asked ‘ informed business economists ’ their predictions for six and twelve months ahead for a number of economic series which included the consumers ' price index for the period 1954–69 in the US . |