Example sentences of "[adv] for [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the birth of her child was to take place in London as had been arranged , then presumably for some weeks beforehand she would have to remain in the Harley Street flat , kicking her heels or at least suffering the kicks inside her , which she had greatly come to resent . |
| 2 | These are active and sociable holidays , mostly for two weeks , for 30 to 40 guests at a time . |
| 3 | She has n't been outside the refuge properly for two weeks . |
| 4 | Treatment is usually with the drugs amphotericin B and flucytosine , intensively for several weeks , and then fluconazole for life . |
| 5 | ‘ The whole business has dragged on for two weeks already and it looks like going on even longer . |
| 6 | This went on for two weeks . |
| 7 | ‘ Ooh , well , let's see now , I s'pose it must be getting on for six weeks , now , ’ Cyril said . |
| 8 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 9 | Family Day at OBEX was the highlight of the year , and preparations went on for several weeks in advance . |
| 10 | It 's the latest run in in a dispute which has been rumbling on for some weeks betweenthe Post office and the National Communications union . |
| 11 | This , however , is not the thinking — and it may be presumptuous — that moved BBC2 to hit us between the frontal lobes with Jonathan Miller 's states of mind ( 20 February ) , a series that will march on for 15 weeks in the cause of bringing us up to date with what is happening in psychology . |
| 12 | Louise came up for the funeral and stayed on for three weeks to give moral support . |
| 13 | You set the a great egg race type topic to work on for three weeks . |
| 14 | ‘ We have enough for three weeks ’ travel , ’ Bicker said . |
| 15 | Remember that a subpoena in the High Court , once issued , is valid only for twelve weeks and must be served not less than four days before the day on which the witness is required to attend before the court unless the court fixes a shorter period . |
| 16 | He told her it was only for three weeks , by which time the mortgage would be through . |
| 17 | Mrs. O'Brien said that she believed what her husband told her about the company doing well and having good potential , but she was concerned for her son and felt that it was only for three weeks , and if it would do the trick , she would sign . |
| 18 | It 's only for three weeks till you get your skiing over with . |
| 19 | Katrina Sweeney who uses an electric wheelchair and who was previously on placement with us , will again be assisting in reception only for 3 weeks from Monday 13 September to Friday 1 October from 10.00 until 2.00 each day . |
| 20 | I could n't lie down for five weeks ! |
| 21 | Michael Winner , on whose original story Likely Lads TV writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais based their script , had discovered , while studying at Cambridge University , a legal loophole that meant that ‘ borrowing ’ bicycles from his college to get to the office of the student newspaper Varsity , which he edited , did not constitute theft , although he was gated and sent down for two weeks . |
| 22 | He could n't lie down for seven weeks because of problems with his head , neck and pelvis , ’ recalled Knight . |
| 23 | So for three weeks , six hours a day , I played the music . |
| 24 | So for several weeks she was never asked to stand still with a rider on her back . |
| 25 | I was in for two weeks , during which I had a wide variety of tests . |
| 26 | Mr Hannis said he took two people in for ten weeks . |
| 27 | This time the hospital kept him in for several weeks and his condition deteriorated until the Sunday morning the phone rang at 6.30 am and the words ‘ We think you should come to the hospital as soon as you can . ’ |
| 28 | Well I , well I say , we 've looked at it slightly different because we 've only , we 've only worked together for five weeks . |
| 29 | Happily they lived together for several weeks , until Killigrew told his young bride that duty called him to town . |
| 30 | Essences are used as a periodic treatment ; either once a week or daily for two weeks with a three to four week interval before resuming again . |