Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] a week " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was only a week after the start of what was almost a revolutionary service — the cost : 1d for my eldest sister who was fourteen and half price or ½d for my other sister and myself . |
| 2 | It was only a week since , in this very room , she had wished to be rid of Gareth Davis ; now he was dead . |
| 3 | There was only a week to go . |
| 4 | It was only a week since the attack on the embassy , and there were still thousands of Americans in Iran . |
| 5 | It was only a week later , with the district still in the iron grip of winter , that my bedside phone jangled me from slumber . |
| 6 | By this time it was mid December and Christmas was only a week away . |
| 7 | How strange they does n't have them , that was only a week or two . |
| 8 | The ascent in 1865 was just a week before Whymper climbed the Matterhorn , Moore was partnered by Horace Walker , who , the same year , was with him on the first ascent of the Brenva Ridge on Mt Blanc , and by guide Jakob Anderegg . |
| 9 | No it was what they called the manual that 's for learning woodwork , that was once a week . |
| 10 | And they had what they called a floating shop , you know just a bit of a s a boat that came , Oh I think it was once a week , and they used to go and get supplies off of it . |
| 11 | That was once a week the bread , we used to have to collect the bread from Road , there was a small office at the side of the Infirmary I believe it was Mr or something like that , but we used to have to go to this office in Road and collect this four pound loaf every Wednesday and you did n't get another issue you had it all at once , so we had four four pound loaves , so we did n't know what new bread was after the first day , I 've never ate so much bread pudding in my life as I did then with a and er |
| 12 | We got very good but there was hardly a week when some of us was n't killed . |
| 13 | As it happened , there was still a week of peace to run . |
| 14 | It was nearly a week before Ingrid dared to ask for a transfer to the officer 's mess . |
| 15 | It was nearly a week now since she had sent it off . |
| 16 | It was about a week later and my leathers were still a little ruffled after the grating incident when I saw him sitting all alone in the waiting room . |
| 17 | This was about a week before the event . |
| 18 | It was about a week after my showdown with Quigley and I should have been at Harvest Festival . |
| 19 | And it was about a week later she came to see me . |
| 20 | which was about a week ago ! |
| 21 | And I thought he 's quiet and it was about a week after we had no twice . |
| 22 | When she called Nahum to know who it was he did n't answer , and it was almost a week before she recognized Elizabeth Bradford . |
| 23 | This is significant because , in effect , it added an extra week to the pre-Christmas trading period — the last Saturday before Christmas was almost a week before Christmas itself . |
| 24 | It was almost a week later when Hari Morgan was shown into the small sitting-room of the house in Chapel Street . |
| 25 | And it was there a week , oh well , at the last , the last thing I saw of it was like , Monday night and when did he give it me ? |
| 26 | It was over a week since the children had been removed , and both police and the Social Work Department had said they had made independent investigations which had led to their decision to take such drastic action . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , it was over a week before he contacted Constance . |
| 28 | Ascot was barely a week past and all the indications had been that her rehabilitation as a jockey would be a matter of weeks not days . |
| 29 | The plan was put forward in a letter to Cardinal Amleto Cicognani , Secretary of State , dated 18 October 1962 , when the Council was barely a week old ( L'Osservatore Romano , 26 January 1984 , or Hebblethwaite , 1984 pp. 442–4 ) . |
| 30 | So much had happened that it seemed incredible that it was barely a week since she 'd crossed the bridge in the opposite direction . |