Example sentences of "a week 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | A week 's good work and then a week of drought , wrote Harsnet . |
| 2 | But it took all of a week 's ration of time to restore the plot to its pre-holiday weed-free state . |
| 3 | It was then the best part of a week 's work on Malcolm 's part to get that saw running sweetly . |
| 4 | With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life . |
| 5 | He now earns his living as a lorry driver , so he had taken a week 's holiday to compete at Wembley . |
| 6 | BORIS BECKER spoke here yesterday of how he tried to find the perfect antidote to New York by taking a week 's holiday in East Germany after winning the United States Open last month . |
| 7 | I will ask him some time what prompted his winning play but it has been known for players to forget matters like that after a week 's hard work . |
| 8 | The Southern trials will be at Crystal Palace in a week 's time , with the final trials also at Crystal Palace in December . |
| 9 | The prospect of a week 's walking in Borrowdale at the end of July would raise the spirits of any walker , but to spend a week there as Outdoors Action prizewinners was an added bonus . |
| 10 | Some of these may be local authority centres , offering tuition on a sessional basis at between £2 and £6 an hour ; others are professional sailing schools , usually situated in the popular UK holiday areas where a week 's fully residential course will cost up to about £200 . |
| 11 | She had learned as a girl and given herself a week 's holiday for a thirtieth birthday present . |
| 12 | From her they had learned that Jerome Fanshawe had a bungalow at Eastover between Eastbourne and Seaford and that he and his wife and daughter had driven down there for a week 's holiday on May 17th . |
| 13 | ‘ A man can be dead tired after a week 's work but he can still give his wife a helping hand . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , a week 's good . |
| 15 | No sooner had he come back than he left Diana and the children at home yet again , and went to Italy on a week 's painting holiday . |
| 16 | They kept in touch and then , last March , Jakki took up Jim 's invitation to visit him for a week 's holiday . |
| 17 | The pain which Nelson 's blows caused has now receded and the bruises will go when he takes a week 's rest in Spain . |
| 18 | Southend 's players flew off for a week 's break in Spain after a 2-1 win at Halifax which put them five points clear at the top of the Fourth Division . |
| 19 | The programme alleged that the living conditions and communal facilities at the resort , built by Billy Butlin in the 1960s to offer a week 's holiday for a week 's pay , were ‘ so squalid and dangerous ’ that no sensible person would spend time or money on a holiday there . |
| 20 | The programme alleged that the living conditions and communal facilities at the resort , built by Billy Butlin in the 1960s to offer a week 's holiday for a week 's pay , were ‘ so squalid and dangerous ’ that no sensible person would spend time or money on a holiday there . |
| 21 | A week 's accommodation costs between £15 in low season and £48 a person . |
| 22 | Came home from a week 's camp with local youngsters to find that the whole house had been ransacked , windows smashed , kids toys broken , the water boiler ripped out and everything wet . |
| 23 | However , Ronnie Koeman was in the Holland team as captain in spite of Johan Cruyff , his manager at Barcelona , ordering him to have a week 's rest . |
| 24 | Before he left for Lincoln College on 14 October '98 , Helen was peremptorily given a week 's notice by Mrs Andrews who had secretly been reading Edward 's letters and now accused Helen of ‘ illicit connexion ’ with him . |
| 25 | Round Robins , Early Birds , North-West Rovers , North-East Rovers — you could have a week 's holiday and never get off . |
| 26 | Menstruation was a week 's holiday for the woman who would provide no services for the males of her family , in cooking , cleaning or sex , during this period . |
| 27 | All this second-generation old school stuff is shite on wheels and has led to the emergence of the Old School Fool , a mug with a large disposable income who is prepared to cough up half a week 's wages for anything he perceives to be pre-Day-Glo sportswear . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think a week 's holiday away from your child is worth the inevitable upset , ’ Bowlby declared . |
| 29 | We discovered that you now need £2 to get in and give a week 's notice for 300 pots . |
| 30 | Just to make sure of getting seats , Pond put in two half-crowns , not much under a week 's wages for thousands of agricultural labourers . |