A few months earlier, the government of President George Washington had started a contest for the best design for the Capitol.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

But I'm about to move to Berlin for a few months, just to see what that's like.

但是我马上要搬去柏林住几个月，就是去看看那里是怎么样的。

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A few months later, President Cleveland and the First Lady went to New York City for the official ceremony welcoming the Statue of Liberty.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

But it would keep the Confederate armies active for a few more weeks or months.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

Mary's love of learning was so strong that she worked and saved her small amount of pay so she could go to school for another few months.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

A few months later, she was arrested again for possessing illegal drugs.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

They were together for only a few months.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

It was a few months before East Timor's referendum for independence, and Indonesian forces were intent on intimidating potential pro-independence voters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

A few months ago, more anti-Saakashvili demonstrations were held in Tbilisi once again calling for the president's resignation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

"I want to thank him publicly for the courageous leadership and the great commitment that he has displayed over these last few months,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

"And that short,few-hour exposure is able to trigger a heart attack where they might not have had it for days or months,or never."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

"Just a few months ago, folks thought that these factories might be closed for good.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

Incidents of Somali piracy has waned in the past few months as monsoon season has made the offshore waters more dangerous for the opportunistic gangs.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

The number of World Cup artifacts coming into the library has increased in recent days, and Kale expects that trend to continue for the next few months.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

The White House and the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office,or CBO, project a federal deficit of about $1.6 trillion for the current fiscal year a record-high, although slightly less than had been projected a few months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

That translates into "Unfortunately, despite the most recent indicators that suggest the recovery may be in sight somewhat earlier than we were expecting only a few months ago, it will take far for the recovery to materialize in terms of significant improvement in the labor market,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"Over the last few months, there have been a number of training centers open that are exclusively for members of both the Afghan National Army and the Afghan national police force, and I would say that drug usage and illiteracy are two of the big problems within the security forces that NATO has really made a big priority now.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23