Example sentences of "been [vb pp] a week " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gould had only a couple of weeks to spare here ( he had been delayed a week in Maitland on the lower reaches of the Hunter while he waited to meet up with Stephen Coxen ) , having promised Eliza to forsake his desire to continue collecting , and to return in time for the delivery of their child . |
| 2 | I drove into the mouth of a carnivorous wave with the reckless abandon of a man who has just been given a week to live . |
| 3 | I had been given a week 's leave and so I hurried to Hastings as I felt sure that would be my last leave for some time . |
| 4 | I had been given a week in Sydney before sailing for New Zealand . |
| 5 | Construction work had been halted a week earlier in line with EC demands . |
| 6 | ‘ Which is what should have been done a week since . ’ |
| 7 | It was stressed last night that Mr Trippier , once Mr Clarke 's parliamentary private secretary , was unaware that a 9 per cent ‘ final offer ’ had been made a week before his letter . |
| 8 | That might have been written a week ago following the extraordinary dispute over a young girl 's ear . |
| 9 | He had only been commissioned a week . |
| 10 | Nick had been born a week before Christmas . |
| 11 | By late afternoon at least 50 passengers had called off their trips on Flight 51 , while French airport police stepped up security that had already been tightened a week ago because of a feared terrorist attack . |
| 12 | The line had not been run a week before all Europeans connected with it were discharged , and the whole thing was controlled by the Chinese , who had carefully watched the progress of the work , and had stored up a vast mass of data for future use . |
| 13 | ‘ They should all have been delivered a week ago , ’ Stephen commented , shrugging his shoulders and adding with a wry smile , ‘ Welcome to de West Indies , man . ’ |
| 14 | The Banking on the Poor campaign had been launched a week before and the main speakers there , Bishop Mauro Morelli from Rio de Janeiro and Susan George the author of ‘ A Fate Worse Then Debt ’ , also spoke at the conference . |