Example sentences of "for [prep] [adv] a fortnight " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have not had a letter for at least a fortnight , whereas I used to get one or two every other day or so . |
| 2 | I 'll be out for at least a fortnight . ’ |
| 3 | He was informed that Colonel and Mrs Moore had left with Miss D'Arcy on some unexpected business and would not be returning for at least a fortnight : and even that was by no means certain . |
| 4 | So the staff reps will have it for at least a fortnight . |
| 5 | You see a working , well of course they do get them up nowadays , but in th you were supposed t to stay in bed for at least a fortnight after the mother was born but you a lot of these mothers used to hop out of bed when the midwife had gone , and , and I mean if they 'd got two or three children and a husband coming in and they had n't got a mother or a neighbour or somebody to come in and do the cooking , i I mean she 'd just get up and get on with it herself . |
| 6 | Gary 's broken bone is within centimetres of his spinal cord and he is likely to be in hospital for at least a fortnight . |
| 7 | He wo n't be calling a meeting here for at least a fortnight . ’ |