Example sentences of "[prep] [art] fortnight [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last spring , Lorna signed up for the fortnight 's training course , and was allocated a large portion of the Glasgow and Clyde area , with 12,000 potential customers . |
| 2 | Last year , after a fortnight 's holiday in California , his first for two years , he complained , ‘ My wife would n't let me take any work with me ’ . |
| 3 | Is it possible to return home with a tan after a fortnight 's holiday , after using only high protection sunscreens ? |
| 4 | Châteauneuf , the castle controlling the key bridge across the River Charente west of Angoulême , on the main road from Poitiers to Bordeaux , fell after a fortnight 's siege . |
| 5 | In spite of the clammy heat , shoppers began to hurry , but the rain which fell so readily when rainy days preceded it , now , after a fortnight 's drought , held off as if it could only be squeezed out as a result of some acute and agonising pressure . |
| 6 | After a fortnight 's visit with her mother to her aunt Mrs Poole at Ramsgate , Helen decided that she must earn some money and , if possible , live away from home where her mother 's grief-stricken restrictions and excessive dependency — so she thought — would curtail that freedom of action and expression in which her father had encouraged her . |
| 7 | Little Hermia , a changed pony after a fortnight 's attention from Perdita , danced and snatched at her bit in excitement . |
| 8 | Border regained the Aussie captaincy from opening batsman Mark Taylor after a fortnight 's lay-off with a hamstring injury . |
| 9 | Corbett , who had a string of classical roles behind him but was best known as the star of Steptoe and Son on TV , played a married travelling salesman , Brian , who is having an affair and aches for his lover after a fortnight 's absence , only to find himself sharing a bedsitting room with a religious zealot , Arnold , played by Crawford . |
| 10 | The New Zealand Lamb Information Bureau is offering BBC Good Food readers and local BBC radio listeners , a marvellous first prize of a fortnight 's holiday for two people in New Zealand , worth £6,500 . |
| 11 | He met Sally and told her he knew the author of A Fortnight 's Ramble and , indeed , revealed his identity . |
| 12 | She had made great capital out of a fortnight 's bus tour to Lake Garda . |
| 13 | Sebastian 's ‘ holiday ’ had been meant to be of a fortnight 's duration only . |
| 14 | 30 June 1989 found most of the battalion not on guard in bearskins and tunics , but enjoying the last day of a fortnight 's shooting on the ranges at Salisbury Plain , on ISAAC . |
| 15 | Cusworth , England 's former stand-off who still turns it on for the Tigers , leaves for a fortnight 's holiday next week . |
| 16 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 17 | Mr Hapless books for a fortnight 's holiday for himself , his wife and two children . |
| 18 | Allow at least two large tubes of water-resistant cream for each child for a fortnight 's holiday . |
| 19 | ‘ My pupils accompanied me here for a fortnight 's holiday during which they would acquire the art of fish cookery . ’ |
| 20 | Her son and daughter who cared for her were going abroad for a fortnight 's holiday . |
| 21 | All the way through school , my mum used to go away for a fortnight 's rest during the summer and I would go and stay in one of the various holiday homes for disabled children . |
| 22 | As part of their preparations for the Olympic Games , the Olympic Racing Squad were due to fly to Florida last month for a fortnight 's training camp . |
| 23 | If there 's any oil or gas , they 'll hit it in about a fortnight 's time at 4,000ft — 5,000ft : |
| 24 | So , whilst this definition obviously includes jetting off to an exotic resort with a fortnight 's stay in a hotel , the definition also catches the hotel which offers an inclusive theatre weekend — one price covering the stay in the hotel and tickets for a show . |
| 25 | The pannier bags normally stay on , but this climb came only one day into the trip and with a fortnight 's food on board I could n't even lift my bike . |
| 26 | Few people will be able to complete the route in one go , but luckily it is accessible by public transport at a number of staging points , so it can be split into chunks more manageable in a fortnight 's holiday . |
| 27 | In a fortnight 's time , when the company replies to a call for a substantial increase in pay and a reduction in the working week , John Hougham , personnel director , will probably throw that philosophy back at him . |
| 28 | In a fortnight 's time she hopes to have 40 different organic producers and suppliers under one roof . |
| 29 | ‘ In a fortnight 's time , or perhaps a day or so before ; it all depends on the weather . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ At this moment , yes , but he 'd been promoted to registrar and would have assumed that title in a fortnight 's time . ’ |