Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] of months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Easing American monetary policy now would affect the economy only after a delay of months . |
| 2 | It gave her great satisfaction that after a couple of months she proved as expert as Ferdinando , learning rapidly how to drive a hard bargain . |
| 3 | Our two testers found Ketsugo cleared their spots after a couple of months ' use . |
| 4 | These fish tend to settle in well , feeding on daphnia , bloodworm , flake and lettuce , but after a couple of months they go off their food , become very thin and white along the bottom , swim on their heads and eventually die . |
| 5 | mean , presumably it 's quite easy for the first two or three weeks , it 's after , after a couple of months that er life gets more difficult . |
| 6 | After a couple of months , the notes dwindled . |
| 7 | With the main outage completed and the holiday season pressure easing , TOP Team activity is gathering momentum at Torness after a couple of months in the doldrums , writes Executive Support Manager Mervyn Jenkins . |
| 8 | However , if you go back to a lengthy program after a couple of months you will find it very difficult to understand if you have not included any REMs . |
| 9 | I became very proud of my wounds as the pain grew less , and I enjoyed flashing the bandage around to gain sympathy , until one night , after a couple of months , the nail fell off without warning . |
| 10 | It 's impossible to see these spines growing , but easy to record their growth with a series of photographs taken from the same place over the course of a couple of months . |
| 11 | In each case a small working party met within SHHD over a period of a number of months . |
| 12 | ‘ Look , I 've been bounced around like a rubber ball between you people for a couple of months now . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , incidentally Mark , I understand they want to use your office and mine for a couple of visiting Americans on assignment over here for a couple of months . |
| 14 | We were on the loose in France for a couple of months . |
| 15 | Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain . |
| 16 | With all the RAF stations in England for him to be sent to , he had actually been sent to Bourn and was there for a couple of months . |
| 17 | The Ox has been around for a couple of months , but the new host of the Tips Clinic is Dr Butcher . |
| 18 | I suggested that it might be worth using a barrier method of contraception , such as the cap or the sheath , for a couple of months before trying for a baby . |
| 19 | After this year , however , Gary became really confused for a couple of months and began to doubt his call in the first place . |
| 20 | ‘ I went back for a couple of months this summer for the first time in four years . |
| 21 | In the end , like , I just did n't come back here for a couple of months . |
| 22 | The Shakespeare School of English had switched off its neon light for a couple of months , and Oliver was at a loose end . |
| 23 | All those years ago after we 'd been friends for a couple of months or so ( and he 'd borrowed quite a bit more money off me ) , I confessed to him that I was being persecuted by a thug called Dudley . |
| 24 | But Phil will never miss his football , not even if he has to lie low for a couple of months . |
| 25 | Erm I have n't been bothered with it for a couple of months now Doctor , and |
| 26 | They 'd hire them for a couple of months and then if they worked out they 'd keep them on , paying them a pittance , and if they did n't , they 'd say ‘ sorry ’ and the guy would go away . |
| 27 | The treatment was also rather unpleasant — antimony injections , every two days for a couple of months . ’ |
| 28 | And they 're coming I do n't think I 'm taking for a couple of months , and then I take them every fortnight . |
| 29 | But first you 're in for a couple of months in Florida . |
| 30 | I think they are a waste of money because the baby 's only in one for a couple of months . |