How has their mission evolved over time (months, years)?
Then it got easier as time — months — passed.
"Once I commit, it takes a long time, months or even years.
But it takes a lot of time — months, maybe years — to get this kind of trust".
US forces may have visited the town for a second time, months later, according to the cable.
But I had the feeling he'd been waiting a long time — months, or maybe even years, stuck in a kind of purgatory between Afghanistan and Iran.
He added: "There's no doubt that it contributed to an atmosphere in which the only focus for weeks at a time, months at a time were Hillary's emails, the Clinton Foundation, political gossip surrounding the DNC".
Stinson described the time, months before the Presidential election, when a friend asked him which candidate he was supporting, and he said, "I'm not voting for another Bush, and I'm not voting for another Clinton.
If one takes his statements seriously, within a short time, months at most, if Iran is not deterred and if the US does not attack, Israel will launch an attack on its own".
This time, months of seeming inactivity on the campaign front as well as the death of his eldest son Beau in May have removed the vice-president from the daily conversation of who is up and who is down.
If you wanted to change and shape the position of your teeth, you wouldn't knock or hammer away at them quickly, but rather apply extremely gentle pressure over a long period of time – months or years (ie bracing).
