Sentence examples for was for months from inspiring English sources

On Sunday, Mr. Ryan campaigned with President Bush in Springfield, the capital, as a newspaper poll held renewed hope for the Republican in a race in which his opponent was for months considered to be the clear front-runner.

And when that government came, it was not destined to govern easily: the unwieldy big tent of centre-left, centre and centre-right was for months hamstrung by the legal affairs of Berlusconi, convicted last August of tax fraud.

But he is also displaying the rough edges and lack of polish that go along with a presidential campaign that was for months conducted largely out of the public eye.

As with Mohammed Emwazi, the British propagandist for Isis who was for months the subject of an intense media hunt, there is already a lot of speculation on social media about the identify of the latest Briton involved and the boy.

"It's quite clear from the advice I received, and I was aware of what the American military personnel and defence leaders were suggesting, and that was for months they were suggesting that we needed forces on the ground in order to defeat Isil," he said.

CHICAGO — The nation's midsection, which was for months parched by severe drought, suddenly finds itself contending with the opposite: severe flooding that has forced evacuations, slowed commercial barge traffic down the Mississippi River and left farmers with submerged fields during a crucial planting time.

The election seems stuck where it has been for months.

Everything was scheduled, as it had been for months.

Nor will it be, for months, years, perhaps even decades.

He has been for months," Cameron responded.

He's been out for months.