Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] for [num] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Co-op spokesman says : ‘ We have found an alternative firm but it has meant that instead of mortgage repayments being met for a year , they will now only be paid for six months — and the price has had to rise as well . ’ |
| 2 | In April 1983 , teachers reported that in some areas they had not been paid for four months and 828 schools had been closed down . |
| 3 | By then Adis had already been hospitalised for three months . |
| 4 | I suppose over here we were not too aware of his antics when he was playing in france but i suspect UEFA will take all of that into consideration ( he 's already been banned for 10 months ) . |
| 5 | By the time the Master himself arrived in London to be examined in August 1669 , he had already been suspended for two months past by the Chancellor of the Archbishop of York until the controversy could be settled . |
| 6 | The layer should not be disturbed for 12 months . |
| 7 | If the water flows into the shaft of an adjoining mine , with the result that the mine can not be worked for six months , the mine owner may recover damages , but the miners who lose their wages during that period probably have no remedy , not because the loss is ‘ unnatural ’ or ‘ unforeseeable ’ but because it is a loss of a type for which the law restricts recovery . |
| 8 | A MAN who set fire to his former girlfriend 's home was jailed for 18 months yesterday . |
| 9 | The 30-year-old forward could now be banned for three months under the ‘ doubling-up ’ system for getting sent off twice in two years . |
| 10 | A London born terrorist has today been jailed for six months in Amsterdam on arms offences . |
| 11 | ‘ At Doncaster the buffet was closed , the waiting room looked like it had n't been cleaned for three months , the staff locked themselves in a room and every time we heard an engine and dashed out it was pulling coal wagons . ’ |
| 12 | Well mine ai n't been used for three month . |
| 13 | Most of his staff are currently on strike because they have n't been paid for two months , so Soliz is going personally to open the new group and give the first lesson . |
| 14 | The makeshift team of veteran professionals and apprentices have n't been paid for three months and the club must find a quarter of a million pounds to guarantee survival . |
| 15 | The players have n't been paid for three months , so who in their right mind wants to rescue them ? |
| 16 | The decision wo n't be announced for 6 months . |
| 17 | ‘ The hospital say he ca n't be moved for two months yet , ’ said Annunziata , picking up the tray again , ‘ but then il dottore will arrange everything . |