"period" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He's been working in his bookstore since it opened, except for a period of about five months back, uh, seven years ago.
- For the next 23 years, the two nations were at war except for a short period in 1802-1803.
- The canal itself had been closed to Israeli shipping since 1949, except for a short period in 1951-1952.
- In fact, he never returned to the city except for a brief period in 1601.
- The resort has been almost continuously open to the public since the 1870s, except for a period of closure from 1968-1978.
- He would remain in that post until 1963, except for a period of nearly two years between 1954 and 1955.
- In 2007 there was almost no ice formation except for a short period in March.
- I never stopped working except for a brief period during my final exams/essays.
- From 1921 to 1930, he was the Minister of Agriculture, except for a short period in 1926.
- The castle was not lived in between 1521 and the late 18th century, except for a short period during the civil war.
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