Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] for [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That is not easy because we have only a few days together after being split for 10 months . |
| 2 | Polar plants must be capable of being frozen for several months each year , and to undergo repeated freeze-thaw cycles throughout the growing season , even at the height of summer . |
| 3 | Coun. Ray Flowers , chairman of the county highways sub-committee , also welcomed the pedestrianisation scheme , which is to be monitored for 18 months . |
| 4 | A YOUTH who inflicted what a sheriff described yesterday as an appalling gaping face wound on a teenager he slashed was ordered to be detained for 15 months in a young offenders ' institution . |
| 5 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 6 | Money borrowed from a pawnbroker did not have to be repaid for fifteen months . |
| 7 | Usher relied on bore holes and tanks although even those proved inadequate one year when the school had to be closed for three months because of the shortage of water . |
| 8 | The maiden voyage may have to be postponed for five months as a result of a fault in one of Challenger 's fuel tanks . |
| 9 | NOW NORSK DATA ASKS FOR ITS OSLO LISTING TO BE CANCELLED FOR TWO MONTHS |