Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Capriati has been courted for months by IMG , whose promotion , coupled with success on court , will bring their teenage client millions of dollars . |
| 2 | That was kept in a cabinet — but ‘ regrettably , ’ said Mr Boal , the lock on it had been broken for months . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll try , but I do n't think I 'll have much luck — the best models will have been booked for months . ’ |
| 4 | One of the mothers has been told her husband is missing , others have n't been seen for months . |
| 5 | She put her head into the next room , an untidy and empty bathroom which looked as though the washbasin had not been cleaned for months . |
| 6 | Moulvi Ali Zoha , a Rohingya Muslim who arrived in Bangladesh on Monday , told United News , a Bangladeshi news agency , that the soldiers were angered when the Muslims broke open the doors of the mosque , which had been locked for months since the Burmese authorities clamped down on the Rohingyas . |
| 7 | The existence of the tape has been known for months and a copy of it was made available to a newspaper many weeks ago . |
| 8 | Bromley Challener said that he found it inconceivable , nay incomprehensible that so many local people could stand by and watch two courageous policemen set upon by rogues , and do nothing while these same officers received such grievous wounds that one had since died and the other would be incapacitated for months to come . |
| 9 | Gains can be made for months and perhaps even years afterwards . |
| 10 | Afterwards the plaster would be washed off and the brooms , now brittle twigs , would be used for months to come to sweep the floor . |
| 11 | Structural damage to the A5 Edgware flyover , immediately above Staples Corner roundabout , is so severe that it could be closed for months . |
| 12 | One of the country 's main routes to the south coast will be affected for months when part of the bridge is rebuilt . |
| 13 | Some people , many of whom will be displaced for months , are staying with friends . |
| 14 | Nowadays the problem is quite the reverse : medical science is generally able to determine whether D's conduct caused the death , and innovations such as life-support machines mean that life can be prolonged for months and years in some instances . |
| 15 | If he could weight Newley 's body and roll it into the pond , the ice would seal it off for days ; it might not be found for months , if no one dragged the pond . |
| 16 | The break-in would not be discovered for months . |
| 17 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
| 18 | As for the hair which used to be trimmed by a top London stylist and had swung in a smooth shoulder-skimming bob , it had not been cut for months and was now bundled unceremoniously on to the top of her head . |
| 19 | The city had been besieged for months but at last a breach had been forced in one of the walls . |
| 20 | He stated that in New York , regarding practical experience , the only bodies that trainee embalmers could obtain were unclaimed ones which had been refrigerated for months , and not just a few hours old , as is the popular myth in this country . |
| 21 | Sources say Sun Microsystems Inc has been bedevilled for months by a rash of pilfering and outright thieving that 's beginning to cost it some serious money . |
| 22 | The army itself seems unsure of this proposition , perhaps because it is waiting to see who is most likely to meet its wage bill : many soldiers have not been paid for months . |
| 23 | Many are held for months or years in administrative or pretrial detention , usually incommunicado . |
| 24 | The US West investment was rumoured for months . |