Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] some 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 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 .
3 She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North .
4 Would be away for some weeks .
5 Not for some weeks anyway I fancy . ’
6 As the pound slid through the important benchmark of DM3 to close at DM2.9737 and lost ground against the dollar , most analysts agreed that the Chancellor would resist a further hike in interest rates at least for the duration of the Conservative Party conference , and possibly for some weeks to come .
7 Anyone can — and some people do — withdraw from a sale or purchase of property before exchange of contracts , but often after some weeks of wasted time .
8 All one can say with any certainty is that the Pounds ( and probably the Yeatses also ) paid at least two visits to Sicily in these years , and that on at least one occasion — probably on more than one — they stayed there for some weeks , if not months .
9 FOOTBALL : PSV Eindhoven coach Bobby Robson has had part of his large intestine removed in an operation and is not expected to work again for some weeks .
10 Following township rumours that the Mandelas had been living apart for some weeks , the Sowetan newspaper said Mrs Mandela continued to live in the mansion she had built in a better part of Soweto but Mr Mandela had moved into a well-guarded home in Johannesburg 's affluent northern suburbs .
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