Example sentences of "few weeks [prep] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But within a few weeks of William 's appointment she had applied to three different London boroughs for a job — any job — in social work , taken the first one she 'd been offered , fixed up the flat , put the cottage on the market , found a school for Edwin , and fled from the last five years of her life with almost indecent haste . |
2 | Within a few weeks of Glass 's abduction , a group calling itself the Organization of Good against Evil released video pictures of him allegedly confessing to being a spy . |
3 | Howard laughs more in his first few weeks on Harry 's group than he has ever laughed in his life before . |
4 | One day , a few weeks after Granny 's funeral , Mary came home earlier than usual from work . |
5 | A few weeks after Tobermory 's death an elephant escaped from the Dresden Zoo and killed an English visitor . |
6 | A few weeks after Burghley 's death one Dr James was paid by the Privy Council to remove the Lord Treasurer 's papers from his house : the great collections at Hatfield and in the Lansdowne MSS show how limited was his success ; and later efforts by Thomas Wilson to establish a state paper office during the reign of James I seem also to have been largely vain . |
7 | In the event , this official reformation was both rapid and radical , but up until just a few weeks before Henry 's death it had by no means been inevitable . |