Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for [adj] month [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been treated for nine months in one hospital and two months in another , and had returned home with recurrent dislocation of one knee and an un-united fracture of the other thigh . |
| 2 | she said ‘ We 've been going for two months with very long hours . ’ |
| 3 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 4 | Sentence had been deferred for 12 months for good behaviour . |
| 5 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 6 | It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken . |
| 7 | It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains the polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | But it is also true that warrants to the security services may be renewed for six months at a time . |
| 11 | Thereafter , warrants were issued for only two months , though they could be renewed for one month at a time in the case of those issued to the police , and six months at a time in the case of those issued to the security services . |
| 12 | There would also be a short term pension payable er and this would be paid for three months at the rate of your pension or pay at the time of death . |
| 13 | The 30-year-old forward could now be banned for three months under the ‘ doubling-up ’ system for getting sent off twice in two years . |
| 14 | Ballot papers and counterfoils are stored for 12 months after every election in a secure government storeroom before being destroyed . |
| 15 | Although the Hervert Laming letter of 13 December 1992 created its own furore about what should be written down , senior managers had already been debating for six months about whether care managers should bluff users and relatives about the money available for them . |
| 16 | It was announced on June 8 that the parliamentary term due to end on June 9 was being extended for 12 months in view of the " war situation " . |
| 17 | Two Darlington men were jailed for four months by magistrates yesterday for their part in an attempted burglary of a terraced house in the town . |
| 18 | Three organisers of an Acid House party who were jailed for three months for breaching an injunction banning an event in Warwickshire were freed in the High Court in London yesterday after apologising . |
| 19 | Aaron Hayes , Daniel Williams and John Hughes were jailed for 15 months for conspiracy to rob and possessing an imitation firearm . |
| 20 | The CP 's activities were suspended for six months on Aug. 30 . |
| 21 | • In rare instances , new-born babies have been studied for several months in a constant environment in a hospital ward . |
| 22 | A PROFESSIONAL pick-pocket who targeted pensioners has been jailed for 27 months by Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 23 | A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates . |
| 24 | Two huntsmen have been jailed for two months for knocking down a hunt saboteur with a four wheeled buggy . |
| 25 | A BUSINESSMAN has been jailed for 18 months for receiving thousands of pounds worth of stolen goods . |
| 26 | A youth has been jailed for eighteen months for beating a man so badly his own father did n't recognise him . |
| 27 | Twenty-five year old David Taylor of Chillingworth Crescent in Woodfarm has been jailed for eighteen months for possession of drugs . |
| 28 | A man who was caught in possession of a stolen famous painting has been jailed for eighteen months at the High Court in Edinburgh . |
| 29 | A farmer has been jailed for six months for cruelty to his animals . |
| 30 | A London born terrorist has today been jailed for six months in Amsterdam on arms offences . |