Example sentences of "for [det] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation has been poor for some months , but press speculation about receivership has worried suppliers and customers of the brewery . |
| 2 | Mr Mandela 's son , Makghatho , has been visiting his father at his prison house near Cape Town on a weekly basis for some months . |
| 3 | Interest rates will have to remain painfully high for some months , and departmental spending will be made to stay within the current planning totals : even the big-spending ministers recognise they are involved in bidding against each other , rather than against the Treasury . |
| 4 | For some months in 1981 the Chancellor , Sir Geoffrey Howe , had lost the confidence of Cabinet colleagues . |
| 5 | After that for some months I was unemployed . |
| 6 | Thanks to the Red Cross the town had been supplied with food for some months ahead . |
| 7 | It might also cause the price of oil to soar above $50 a barrel and stay there for some months . |
| 8 | Though its timing caught out the markets , the krona/ecu link has been on the cards for some months . |
| 9 | Italian fakers traditionally encouraged the rapid development of a patina by such measures as exposing the bronze on the workshop roof for some months , or by burying the piece in a dunghill . |
| 10 | America had been amazed for some months by stories of U.S. prisoners of war in Korea who had ‘ gone over to Communism ’ . |
| 11 | It was to last for some months yet . |
| 12 | Many City offices are likely to remain closed for some months and at least two — the Baltic Exchange Chambers and the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange — are expected to be demolished as a result of the most powerful IRA explosion since the mainland terror campaign began more than 20 years ago . |
| 13 | For some months that canvassing has been echoed , somewhat surprisingly , both by Keith Rowlands , the Welsh secretary of the IRB , and by Ray Williams , the tournament director in 1991 . |
| 14 | For some months he had been making his preparations by placing his men in key positions , so that if and when the moment came , the coup would be swift and , he hoped , bloodless . |
| 15 | In October , Hopper married Michelle Phillips who had been living with him for some months . |
| 16 | Government unpopularity resulting from the state of the economy in general and high interest and mortgage rates in particular had provided Labour with an opinion poll lead of about 10% for some months . |
| 17 | This approach was followed for some months , so that an impressive list was produced of sensitive organisms , including many important pathogens . |
| 18 | Here Heatley stayed for some months , working with A.J. Moyer , a first-rate investigator of fermentation processes but also an anti-British isolationist , in the development of deep fermentation ( instead of surface culture ) . |
| 19 | His new girl-friend was also examined and nothing abnormal was found , although she did say that there had been some increase in her vaginal discharge for some months . |
| 20 | ‘ We had been working together with the county council for some months and the failure of this appeal was extremely disappointing . |
| 21 | He had to be in hospital for some months after his home-coming , but he was at home for VE day . |
| 22 | His father had even telephoned his ex-wife to tell her about what had happened and she had then spoken to Tony , who had not heard from her for some months . |
| 23 | For some months , officials have been secretly creating their own stockpile of key materials that Britain imports , particularly from politically sensitive areas of the world , and which are important in keeping industry 's engines running . |
| 24 | It states that sex is not appropriate in every situation where a couple are mutually attracted , or even within a relationship that is expected to last for some months or even years . |
| 25 | These drugs are only likely to cause such problems if they have been taken continuously , at high doses , for some months . |
| 26 | This building was totally destroyed , and the deaf of Weymouth were without a club for some months . |
| 27 | The group did not have another discussion about wages for housework as such , although they did for some months follow Ruth 's prepared reading list — an introductory series of Marxist texts , and the issue of wages for housework emerged again through that , in a theoretical discussion . |
| 28 | This came home to me when I was travelling alone in the Far East for some months . |
| 29 | If and when you find a suitable mate , then a divider will be an absolute must — probably for some months , unless she ripens and appears to be ready to spawn , in which case she may welcome the attentions of a male — but do n't bank on it ; any divider-out time should be strictly supervised . |
| 30 | Troops commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Henry Clinton stayed for some months co-operating with the Portuguese garrison . |