Example sentences of "have been [verb] for [adj] month " in BNC.

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1 Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost .
2 A BANGOR man found in possession of cannabis worth a street value of £40,000 has been jailed for 18 months .
3 A MAN of 28 who bit of the tip of another man 's nose during a fight has been jailed for 18 months .
4 A BUSINESSMAN has been jailed for 18 months for receiving thousands of pounds worth of stolen goods .
5 A man who tortured a cat in the cellar of his house has been jailed for six months .
6 A farmer has been jailed for six months for cruelty to his animals .
7 A HIT-AND-RUN driver who knocked down a Gaelic footballer and left him dying on a border road has been jailed for six months .
8 A DARLINGTON woman has been jailed for six months .
9 A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates .
10 A man who was caught in possession of a stolen famous painting has been jailed for eighteen months at the High Court in Edinburgh .
11 A youth has been jailed for eighteen months for beating a man so badly his own father did n't recognise him .
12 Twenty-five year old David Taylor of Chillingworth Crescent in Woodfarm has been jailed for eighteen months for possession of drugs .
13 The former chairman of Swindon Town Football Club Brian Hillier has been jailed for twelve months .
14 A policeman has been jailed for thirty months after he attacked a motorist and tried to cover up the offence .
15 A PROFESSIONAL pick-pocket who targeted pensioners has been jailed for 27 months by Liverpool Crown Court .
16 A BOAT skipper who took £100,000 in bookings for a ferry service which did not exist has been jailed for 15 months .
17 A MAN who has made 15 previous court appearances has been jailed for 15 months by a judge at Liverpool Crown Court .
18 A man has been jailed for three months for shooting dead a pair of swans .
19 FORMER Liverpool City Council trade unionist Tony Gavin , who stole welfare funds , has been jailed for three months .
20 It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff .
21 If for instance , an employee has been employed for six months or more , the governing body must give the LEA a written statement of the reasons for dismissal .
22 This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board .
23 Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down .
24 Er you will all be aware I think that the budget has been running for some months and er I suppose a lot of you either as spokes persons or as members of groups have actually been dealing with the budget issues in some detail .
25 Voluntary Project administrator Roy Montgomery is convinced the scheme , which has been running for three months , is a major success — and a lifeline for local young people .
26 FORMER British light-heavywight champion Steve McCarthy has been suspended for three months , fined £1,000 and banned from fighting abroad by the British Board of Control after being disqualified in the third round of a bout with Darius Michalczeski in Hamburg in September .
27 The striking out is automatic as compared with Ord 13 , r 3(4) where the court has to give notice of intention to strike out where no action has been taken for 12 months .
28 The money , under the EC 's Rechar programme , has been frozen for 18 months while the political dispute raged on .
29 Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it .
30 POLICE believe a body washed up on a beach in Kent might be that of a young Essex woman who has been missing for two months .
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