Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] for month " in BNC.
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| 1 | A war of words continued for months , the defeated candidates complaining of unfair muckraking . |
| 2 | This can result in buyers waiting for months for the goods to arrive or not getting them at all and being fobbed off with a different machine . |
| 3 | ‘ An advance guard of hundreds of men , with bulldozers , mechanical shovels , tractors and lorries has for months been scarring the lowlands , daubing the green acres with splashes of grey clay and red earth in a mariner unseen since Beaker Folk raised their burial mounds or Saxons threw up ramparts on surrounding hills . |
| 4 | Caterpillars munch for months , packing away their favourite leaves before the season finishes . |
| 5 | Consistent with this , the results of recent research on Kuwait oil fires indicate that the smoke did not appear to be rising high enough to reach the stratosphere , where transport may occur over considerable distances with soot particles remaining for months . |
| 6 | The bruises lasted for months , but it was well worth it . |
| 7 | Smaller pots can be planted with single specimens to flower for months , or to be concealed and moved into place as they approach their best . |
| 8 | At regional level the western states have for months managed to wriggle out of paying more than a fraction of the growing unity bill . |