1.   All the companies said it could take weeks, maybe months, to get fleets back intact.

2.   But he said he told Clinton that he would have to express sorrow and contrition to the American people forcefully and repeatedly for weeks and maybe months.

3.   Further details will take weeks, maybe months, to compile, experts here say.

4.   He spent weeks, maybe months, building that cabin in the woods, scrounging for materials in every nook in town.

5.   Then there will be the weeks ahead, maybe months, that will determine his future in Foxborough.

6.   Though conditions have improved somewhat, port officials said they expect to cope with delays for weeks, maybe months.

7.   A decision could take weeks, maybe months, Bonham said.