Example sentences of "[adv] for [adj] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may find that she will need to lean on you a little for several months to speak and act for her in matters she can not give her full attention to , because she will be quite rightly absorbed for the time being in grieving , which is mentally and emotionally very hard work indeed . |
| 2 | Proceedings invariably dragged on for eighteen months . |
| 3 | ‘ Got to observe strict ARP , you see , Miss , though here we are gettin' on for five months of war and not a peep out of a Jerry plane . |
| 4 | Negotiations had been going on for 17 months before the strike . |
| 5 | Yeah the other the other factor is now that that data is getting on for twelve months old |
| 6 | So she says they usually put schedules on for fourteen month for the next ten months , twelve months . |
| 7 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 8 | The arguments dragged on for 11 months , during which time the orangs were looked after by volunteers , many of whom were recent graduates in biology from the National University in Jakarta . |
| 9 | After this final fatal episode the eruption dragged on for many months , lasting well into 1903 . |
| 10 | Erm ironically after I wrote erm the letter was typed on Monday erm to Mr Mr the only lights that have been fixed since are the ones at the end of my street and the next street not as I complained about ones on the main road erm there 's an example that 's been going on for many months where a problem , an acknowledged problem of access existed which was the reason for delay but that as I understand it has been overcome some time ago now and it 's still there , this is a group of seven lights together , the lot , erm these lights are still out , they 're not in my ward in fact , they 're just . |
| 11 | The main point is to raise money for Christian Aid , and although preparatory work goes on for many months , the 3 weeks during which the Church is used for sorting , and them selling , seem to bring out all the best feelings . |
| 12 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |
| 13 | However , she was taken on for six months by the Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in the children 's ward . |
| 14 | Such hopes as there may have been — American , French , even Vietminh — of a cease-fire or negotiated settlement lingered on for several months but once the French had begun fighting they presented their case , modestly , that military operations were designed with no thought of reconquest but simply to persuade the Vietminh that they had no hope of victory . |
| 15 | Normally , the time is fifteen minutes , and for fifteen minutes it 's five fifty , so if you 've got a lot of hair , it 's quite coarse , it 's going to go on for several months . |
| 16 | The experiments , however , involved drawing fibres and blowing bubbles of molten glass and one day , after the work had been going on for some months , Lockspeiser went home leaving the gas torch used for melting the glass still burning . |
| 17 | A wider political initiative , with UN armed observers escorting food and convoys , and increased financial output , was not launched until as late as August , by which time looting of food supplies had been going on for some months . |
| 18 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 20 | The matter will therefore drag on for another month until the next management committee meeting , while Ferguson has to continue his return to the first team under awkward circumstances . |
| 21 | So well we could go out there anyway to see whether they 've got any er you see if they carried it on for another month |
| 22 | However , US intelligence sources cited in the Guardian of Feb. 8 claimed that there were still 30,000,000 barrels of refined petroleum in storage , " enough for four months of sustained combat " . |
| 23 | Thank you so much for this month 's beautiful surprise ! |
| 24 | Thank you so much for this month 's beautiful surprise ! |
| 25 | The Yorkshire is taking the same approach but also provides booster discounts that will cut the cost of a mortgage by 2.55 per cent for first-time buyers , but only for six months . |
| 26 | A landlord can distrain against goods and effects compromised in the bankrupt 's estate but only for six months ' rent accrued due before the commencement of the bankruptcy ( s347(1) ) . |
| 27 | It is true that warrants to the police in criminal investigations may be renewed only for one month . |
| 28 | The great parliamentarian , George Canning , became Prime Minister in 1827 , but only for four months , as he died at Chiswick House . |
| 29 | and erm I went to school at then at the later part of my life I went to Hemel Hempstead and then I left only for four months and went to er work for an ironmonger at ten shillings a week . |
| 30 | And I I really ca n't count your timeshare marketing that 's only for four months this year . |