Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] six months " in BNC.
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| 1 | But shortly afterwards , er , I was in confrontation with the chairman the basis of my contract with was such that it was not to his liking and I was not prepared to give way in the matter and was dismissed within six months of the acquisition of by . |
| 2 | The formal opening in December 1644 of the congress at Munster was delayed for six months , at least partly by quarrels over ceremonial . |
| 3 | Cardwell , of Mersea Road , Colchester , was discharged for six months and ordered to pay £53 towards prosecution costs . |
| 4 | He was sentenced to six months in a young offenders ' institute . |
| 5 | He was sentenced to six months at the Narcotics Rehabilitation Center of the Chino State Penitentiary . |
| 6 | France of Brentwood , Essex , admitted theft and was sentenced to six months ' jail , suspended for two years . |
| 7 | For that offence , he was sentenced to six months ' imprisonment . |
| 8 | Former White House National Security Adviser John M. Poindexter was sentenced to six months in prison on June 11 . |
| 9 | Former National Security Adviser John Poindexter was convicted on April 7 on five felony counts arising from his part in the Iran-contra affair , and was sentenced to six months in prison [ see pp. 37240-41 ; 37368-69 ; 37525 ] . |
| 10 | On May 20 Joseph Bendouga , leader of the opposition Democratic Movement for Renewal and Evolution in Central Africa ( MDREC ) , was sentenced to six months ' imprisonment on charges of sending an " insulting and offensive " open letter to President André Kolingba . |
| 11 | On Sept. 27 former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry was resentenced to six months in prison for cocaine possession [ see p. 38330 ] , but would remain at liberty until federal authorities decided which penitentiary he should be sent to . |
| 12 | Height velocity was measured for six months from the start of treatment and SD scores were calculated . |
| 13 | The bridge was closed for six months . |
| 14 | Nine patients experienced minor leakage , six of whom were over the age of 50 ; such leakage , however , was of mucus only and of minor degree in five of the six patients , and the sole patient who experienced minor faecal leakage was assessed within six months of operation and has in fact improved after longer follow up . |
| 15 | The turnout was 93.5 per cent of the 1,500,000 eligible voters , of whom 94.6 per cent voted in favour of mandating the republican government to declare " an independent and sovereign state " if no agreement on restructuring Yugoslavia was reached within six months by the republics . |
| 16 | Sentence was deferred for six months . |
| 17 | But as he was brought in six months later when Curzon died , age was hardly a reason for excluding him from an office without portfolio in 1924 . |
| 18 | A six-month freeze was followed by six months of ‘ severe restraint ’ . |
| 19 | There was no way of being certain how long she 'd spent on the ward ; it might have been six weeks or six years , but she was guessing at six months because this had been the first commission review that she 'd received . |
| 20 | In 1989 a BGS engineer was seconded for six months to the Ocean Drilling Program ( ODP ) in Texas to work on the development of a downhole vibropercussive corer . |
| 21 | The next month the group declared a unilateral ceasefire and President 's rule was extended for six months [ see pp. 38101-02 ] . |
| 22 | Provision was also made within hospitals for adequate moral and religious instruction of the women and for the regular fortnightly inspection of former detainees , while the period of compulsory detention was extended to six months . |
| 23 | Each subject was studied for six months . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She was jailed for six months yesterday after a judge told her she had caused chaos and fear to boost her restaurant 's profits . |
| 26 | Osbourne , of Wallasey , who won £12,000 , was jailed for six months by Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 27 | A DETECTIVE inspector 's daughter was jailed for six months yesterday for stealing £3,000 from athlete Kriss Akabusi , who won a World Championship gold medal . |
| 28 | Spence was jailed for six months at Newcastle . |
| 29 | A MAN branded Britain 's worst motorist was jailed for six months yesterday after clocking up his 12th drink-driving offence . |
| 30 | After a 3 hour hearing Oliffe was jailed for six months , as well as banned from keeping farm animals for life . |