Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] a week " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were having a week . |
| 2 | and yet there 's another week left , one of which were gone a week into er the last week of February that er |
| 3 | Yeah , honestly , I would n't put it on , if you were stopping a week . |
| 4 | Mr Woodhead , 62 , announced he and the mayoress were taking a week off after he appeared before Teesside magistrates in Middlesbrough . |
| 5 | Egyptian security forces have cracked down with increasing force on the group , and a week ago 23 people were killed a week ago when police stormed a mosque crowded with militants in Aswan and raided eight apartments in Cairo . |
| 6 | Yesterday sterling enjoyed its first quiet day since the trade figures were released a week ago . |
| 7 | Talks with Saudi Arabia on the border dispute , initiated in Geneva in July [ see pp. 38886 ; 39030 ] , resumed in Riyadh on Sept. 29 , but were suspended a week later , apparently until after the Yemeni elections . |
| 8 | Middlesbrough manager Bobby Murdoch brought Hankin back into Englsih football and was sacked a week later . |
| 9 | It was disclosed a week ago that the Frenchman Laurent Fignon had failed a test after a race in The Netherlands last month . |
| 10 | This group surrendered to the British 56th Recce Regiment at Rennweg on 10 May , and was transferred a week later to the camps near Lienz in the 78 Division area where Domanov 's Cossacks were already held . |
| 11 | Its decision , which was reached a week earlier than expected , came despite threats to kill 10 judges for every trafficker extradited . |
| 12 | Her body was found a week later hidden in the boot of her company car . |
| 13 | Testing at Thorp was interrupted a week later by the evacuation of 280 workers following a leak of non-radioactive chemicals . |
| 14 | It was followed a week later by a longer piece which discussed the rivalry which exists between the offices of the Prince and the Princess of Wales . |
| 15 | This was followed a week later by a dinner , then a ball , and after that regular outings took place , culminating in an invitation to spend the weekend with his parents in Berkshire . |
| 16 | The trial was resumed a week later , only to be adjourned once more after the opening proceedings and the prosecution 's opening address , setting out the charges . |
| 17 | The Bank of Sweden on Sept. 14 reduced its marginal rate from 75 to 20 per cent , but in the face of huge renewed outflows the maximum level was on Sept. 16 raised to a draconian 500 per cent although this maximum was cut a week later to 50 per cent and on Sept. 28 to 40 per cent . |
| 18 | Liddy was allowed a week 's holiday to visit her sister , who lived a few miles away . |
| 19 | Paul Newman , 36 , was killed a week ago as he got out of his car in Charity Lane , Eggington , Beds . |
| 20 | His clothes were later found by the side of a canal in which his body was discovered a week later ; no clear reason for his death could be discerned . |
| 21 | 13–10–1888 An Assembly Deputation from the Committee on Religion and Morals was to spend a week in Bowmore . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ Bexton was working a week in hand and at the end of the first period when he went to claim his wages there was no one there and Mr Thorssen had disappeared . |
| 23 | Mr Bland , whose funeral was held a week ago , had been in an irreversible coma since the disaster in 1989 . |