Example sentences of "was [verb] for [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Home po 2 monitoring was undertaken for 3 months and then discontinued by us . |
| 2 | An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss . |
| 3 | The formal opening in December 1644 of the congress at Munster was delayed for six months , at least partly by quarrels over ceremonial . |
| 4 | The application of Mr. and Mrs. Collins was delayed for 12 months on this score without the Housing Executive giving any idea of the reason for the delay . |
| 5 | During my time at the Centre , the strict vegan , detoxifying diet was recommended for three months as a minimum ; only after that should one go to the ‘ stay well diet ’ which does allow a little fish and eggs . |
| 6 | ‘ I was devastated for four months after finishing second to Woosnam last year , but now I realise the value of that defeat . |
| 7 | Cardwell , of Mersea Road , Colchester , was discharged for six months and ordered to pay £53 towards prosecution costs . |
| 8 | It claims that the CSM said the change would be ‘ inappropriate ’ until further research had been done and the idea was dropped for several months . |
| 9 | At Pontefract yesterday Isobel Brown , who said her last permanent address was Moscow , was committed for three months in the second division for having delivered a speech at Castleford on Wednesday likely to cause disaffection . |
| 10 | He had two operations to repair torn ligaments in his left knee and was sidelined for 18 months during his spell with Italian club Pisa . |
| 11 | Height velocity was measured for six months from the start of treatment and SD scores were calculated . |
| 12 | St John 's Wood station was closed for two months from February to April for repair of the escalators . |
| 13 | Within four days , all the children had returned home , and the school was closed for two months to enable repairs to be carried out . |
| 14 | The bridge was closed for six months . |
| 15 | As a result they had been driven out of the city by Richard 's agents and the cathedral was closed for twenty-one months . |
| 16 | It was to last for some months yet . |
| 17 | The injunction began a saga that was to run for two months , as Virgin scrabbled to find another bank to take over the role played in the lease agreement by Chemical . |
| 18 | The research follows an earlier ( 1987 ) successful study of the same issues for the period c.1660-1770 which was financed for three months byu The Nuffield Foundation and aided by a British Academy grant for travel and consumables . |
| 19 | No FAA aircraft were lost , output of the refinery was halved for three months , while much of the oil stored in tanks was destroyed . |
| 20 | Sentence was deferred for six months . |
| 21 | This approach was followed for some months , so that an impressive list was produced of sensitive organisms , including many important pathogens . |
| 22 | The well-being of 71 dog and cat owners was monitored for ten months , and then compared to the health of 26 people who did n't own any animals . |
| 23 | Following a series of strikes in 1981 , he was detained for three months , during which time he became a " born-again " Christian . |
| 24 | Many parents comment that their child did the complete opposite of what was asked for several months and so the parents learned to say the opposite of what they wanted , for example , ‘ I really do n't want you to put your pyjamas on now ’ , or ‘ I do n't think you can eat all of that food ’ . |
| 25 | In 1989 a BGS engineer was seconded for six months to the Ocean Drilling Program ( ODP ) in Texas to work on the development of a downhole vibropercussive corer . |
| 26 | In 1918 , at the invitation of ( Sir ) Ronald Storrs [ q.v. ] , the military governor of Jerusalem , he was seconded for several months to Palestine to advise on the renewal of crafts and light industries destroyed during the war , and worked closely with C. R. Ashbee [ q.v. ] , the governor 's civil adviser and secretary to the Pro-Jerusalem Society . |
| 27 | The next month the group declared a unilateral ceasefire and President 's rule was extended for six months [ see pp. 38101-02 ] . |
| 28 | The effect of gastric fundectomy with hypergastrinaemia on the pancreas in rats was studied for 14 months . |
| 29 | Each subject was studied for six months . |
| 30 | He was jailed for eighteen months for unlawful sexual intercourse . |