Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a heroic week of earth moving , he went down with heatstroke . |
| 2 | After a frustrating week or two of digging and delving , it was realized that mechanized aid would be needed , and Massey Ferguson arrived in force . |
| 3 | After a long week , I received a phone call at lunchtime to say that the specimen was at the airport about to be collected , and I made arrangements to go up the following day . |
| 4 | After a five week training course the crews will be deemed qualified for most low-level missions . |
| 5 | After a four week microchallenge with 100 mg/day of gliadin ( roughly equivalent to 200 mg of gluten or to 2.5 g of wheat flour ) there were minimal morphometric changes in the jejunal histology . |
| 6 | In patients treated with amoxicillin plus omeprazole , there was a trend ( without statistical significance ) towards better H pylori eradication rates after a two week antibiotic course compared with one week amoxicillin treatment ( 85.7 v 69% , p>0.05 ) and in patients with body ulcers compared with those who had antral manifestation of their ulcer disease ( 94.4 v 72.7% , p>0.05 ) . |
| 7 | Thirty of 32 ( 93% ) children were cleared of H pylori after a six week treatment and nine of 12 ( 75% ) of these still remained free of H pylori after six months . |
| 8 | After a heavily-publicised week on the slopes of Lech with their mother , the Princess of Wales , the princes are likely to join their father for the next part of their Easter holiday . |
| 9 | One favourite came after a horrendous week of moon-lighting ( working during the day on a comedy , Exclusive Yarns , in Southampton and whizzing back at night for the musical , Wonderful Town ) . |
| 10 | After a tense week in which five civilians were killed in Brazzaville by mutinous troops , transitional Prime Minister André Milongo in late January acceded to army pressure to dismiss Col. Michel Gangouo , whom he had appointed as Secretary of State for Defence on Jan. 2 . |
| 11 | In the 4th division , Hereford United are back in action after a 2 week lay-off . |
| 12 | These are itchy and painful and eventually crust over before disappearing after a further week or two . |
| 13 | After a few weeks of this , I can guarantee you 'll be feeling quite a different person , and unable to wait to get out for your Sainsbury 's session , or your Waitrose-lifting ! |
| 14 | The Ethiopian army , the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa , consists largely of press-ganged young peasants or unemployed urban teenagers who have been drafted to the front after a few weeks ' training . |
| 15 | After a few weeks the final — and expected — decision was made and Shanaz was sent back to Pakistan , frightened and uncertain about the future . |
| 16 | After a few weeks the foal gains sufficient confidence to start establishing friendships with other foals , and as the weeks pass it will spend more time with them , and less with its mother — unless it is frightened , and then it will dash back to her side for security and reassurance . |
| 17 | However , most mares settle down after a few weeks . |
| 18 | There are many different varieties of scabetic mite infesting various mammals , and , although the mites from different animals appear to be similar , they are probably species specific because infestation by the mite from domestic animals does not ‘ take ’ in the human and dies out after a few weeks . |
| 19 | If untreated , recovery occurs after a few weeks , but discharging abscesses may remain in the groin . |
| 20 | After a few weeks , he was transferred to a rehabilitation hospital , where he received physiotherapy treatment . |
| 21 | After a few weeks of agitation in the press , Mr Pozderac resigned from his high government office , although still declaring his innocence . |
| 22 | After a few weeks the time log sheets are analysed for you by a specialist who duly reports back on how you have been spending your time . |
| 23 | After a few weeks newspapers lifted their ban on match reports , and while the war was waged on the front page , the struggle for League points gathered pace on the back . |
| 24 | After a few weeks most boys bought their own pens and they were usually carried down the top of the right sock . |
| 25 | ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea . |
| 26 | After a few weeks in Blackpool , Marjorie was overjoyed when sent to America to join the Lollipop Troupe for a year . |
| 27 | After a few weeks on an unsweetened diet , it is remarkable how disgusting anything sugary tastes . |
| 28 | If cow 's milk does turn out to be the problem you can try drinking sheep or goat milk instead , after a few weeks . |
| 29 | I used Vichy 's Hip and Thigh Massage Cream and I could actually feel the nodules of fat cells disintegrating after a few weeks of applying the cream daily , and the improvement became more and more obvious as I continued . |
| 30 | After a few weeks of relative calm — the ‘ phoney war ’ — chauvinism was revived by the German invasion of Norway . |