Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a [det] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context . |
| 2 | A new chairman came in a few months ago . |
| 3 | All these developments certainly happened within a few months of each other . |
| 4 | After completing his studies at Glasgow University , Gavin worked for a few months at a salmon farm near Ft William , checking for virus infection . |
| 5 | He was educated at Harrow , from where he went for a few months into his father 's City office , which he hated ; and he spent a term in Göttingen , learning German . |
| 6 | In 1852 he moved with his mother to Sheffield , where she died after a few months . |
| 7 | The Abbot and over half the monks of Battle perished , eight of the thirteen canons of Mitchelham , most of the heads of religious houses , and up to half of the rest of the county 's population died within a few months , although the effects varied from community to community . |
| 8 | Lord Newport asked Richard to teach in his place , which he did for a few months . |
| 9 | When endosonography suggested the persistence of tumour infiltration in these patients , a local recurrence or distant metastases appeared within a few months . |
| 10 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
| 11 | It was Desmond who put me on the game — that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it . |
| 12 | She left after a few months and had a home tutor . |
| 13 | She only stayed for a few months , then she became unwell and had to give up the job . |
| 14 | Of the three , the split between Sampras , 20 and Brandi , from whom he parted for a few months at the end of 1990 , was the greatest surprise . |