Example sentences of "more than a week " in BNC.
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| 31 | One particularly notable vessel which he designed was the Stirling Castle , famed for her speed , for example , when in 1882 she brought home a cargo of 6,000 tons of China tea from Hankow in twenty-eight days , beating the previous best time by more than a week . |
| 32 | Not more than a week . |
| 33 | It frightens me , sir — I 've been frightened for more than a week now , and I just ca n't go on any longer . ’ |
| 34 | More than a week yet to the big day itself , but already the atmosphere had begun to warm up . |
| 35 | ‘ How will you ever meet a prospective father for your children if you 're never in one place for more than a week or two ? ’ |
| 36 | There were letters from the boy here in his closet , no more than a week old , cold-blooded enough in their analysis of the military situation since Grey 's loss , and ruthless enough in their acceptance of the necessity to deal in extremes in the last resort , but still arguing the advantage of restraint , even daring to suggest that Lord Grey 's capture made no substantial alteration in the case for negotiation , since he was the original party to the complaint which had never actually come to a judgment under law . |
| 37 | You can see there has n't been a woman in this house for more than a week . |
| 38 | More than a week of savage rioting has left locals smiling and pub tills ringing in the Sheriff Street area of the Republic 's capital . |
| 39 | On the following day the Országgyülés adopted a new law on internal security , including strict controls on the use of telephone and mail surveillance , after hearing acting Interior Minister Zoltan Pál admit that covert monitoring of the opposition had continued until little more than a week before , and that documents relating to the scandal had been shredded in defiance of a government order to secure all files for investigation . |
| 40 | ‘ Have n't seen hair nor hide of a copper for more than a week now , ’ observed the Commander cheerfully . |
| 41 | After more than a week of evidence , twenty seven year old Daniel Ahearn changed his plea on charges of assault and robbery and attempted extortion . |
| 42 | After I come back to take over the club again , you wo n't be in it for more than a week or two at a time . ’ |
| 43 | Today a couple are on trial for cruelty to a dog , which starved to death after being left in a flat in gloucester for more than a week without food or water . |
| 44 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 45 | Stephen Pinnock and Lawrence Foster were under the protection of the British United Nations forces in Vitez , Bosnia , today , after more than a week in detention . |
| 46 | ‘ Coun Richmond has seen a shopping trolley and complained but that trolley wo n't have been there more than a week , yet when his party were running the council there were ducks nesting in trolleys , ’ said Coun Young . |
| 47 | The announcement ended more than a week of consultation and speculation about the scope of the mission during which the administration won UN backing for the operation and sought to involve its allies . |
| 48 | A first glance at the Corrado suggests that the stubby , two-plus-very-small-two coupe is one of the least practical cars on the market , particularly as the compact dimensions also limit luggage accommodation to little more than a week 's family shopping . |
| 49 | Fletcher is worried that half of England 's winter tour party will be at home for little more than a week before flying off again for pre-season trips with their counties . |
| 50 | Kitty never seemed to be able to hold down a job for more than a week at a time , but somehow she was still better dressed than any of us . |
| 51 | Today , little more than a week after the event , I received my copy , to find not only a short account of things said by the Secretary of State at our Anniversary Luncheon , but also our Chairman 's considered response . |
| 52 | and Joan came over she came over about a week or so after , not , not much more than a week , and she sat there and she said oh well yeah I 'll have one of your , he asked if we 'd like a sweet , she said yeah I 'll have one dad . |
| 53 | Yes , O K then , right , because it 's more than a week away , I 'll give you a bell close to the time , just to make sure you , everything 's alright . |