Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [adv] [adj] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reintroduction of the Law on entry to and exit from the USSR had been delayed for almost 18 months in committee since its first reading . |
| 2 | not generally towards the end of the sale period because you would be looking at er the brochure or the costs been put together eight months before the first flat was sold , erm a new brochure following a new estimate probably would have been prepared after about twenty months , that is to say er that would have been prepared before the last people entered the er flats |
| 3 | The official Singer correspondence course has now been operating for about nine months and has proved to be very popular . |
| 4 | CRUNCH talks over plans for a Sainsbury supermarket in Darlington have been re-scheduled for later this month . |
| 5 | About half of the patients had been waiting for their notes for less than six weeks , but 19 had been waiting for over six months , 14 for over a year , and six for over two years . |
| 6 | I 've been juggling for about 5 months and it 's a good place to meet new friends . |
| 7 | The windows had been closed for nearly three months and the place had a dusty smell that got into your throat and made your eyes smart . |
| 8 | For one thing , the people elected Solidarity to govern and it has been governing for barely seven months . |
| 9 | North 's screen persona , which appeared suddenly to seize the country by the throat when he testified on television in July 1987 , had therefore been set at least seven months before . |
| 10 | Both have now been running for over 12 months , and the operating figures indicate that in addition to encouraging returns from food sales , drink sales have increased by approximately 10 per cent . |
| 11 | After an electrolysis current had been passed for about three months ( to charge the palladium with hydrogen ) , a small excess of heat was observed of the order of one watt or less . |
| 12 | The Lemonheads have been touring for about three months , first in America and now in Europe , and this has been the first real glitch they 've encountered . |
| 13 | March has been part of the Grand Prix racing scene for more than 20 years , but recent lack of sponsorship has meant staff at Bicester have n't been paid for over 5 months . |
| 14 | The man had been held for nearly four months in a blacked-out room . |