Example sentences of "[art] past weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the haemorrhage of people since travel was eased in the past few years , and the mass exodus of the past weeks suggest they are in a minority . |
| 2 | As forensic scientists began examining the explosives and ‘ terrorist paraphernalia ’ found in two holdalls 50 yards from a main road , it was being suggested the bags may have been hidden , rather than dumped , more recently than first thought — possibly within the past weeks . |
| 3 | The East German leadership at last showed some reaction to the enormous vote of no confidence expressed by its citizens over the past weeks . |
| 4 | Charlie Hatton had always been cocky but in the past weeks he 'd become insufferable and most of the meetings had broken up like this . |
| 5 | All the quiet concern over the past weeks had been professional , nothing more . |
| 6 | The postcard he wrote to Hanns at the end of the tour reveals John plunged into deepest gloom : ‘ My dear — The past weeks have been like an unforgettable nightmare . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've done quite well , ’ Arlene conceded , keeping to herself the growing excitement with which she had been watching Paula over the past weeks . |
| 8 | She was the one constant thing in the past weeks of the fever that had swirled round him like a parching desert duststorm . |
| 9 | He looked better , but he 'd been in and out of his wits so many times in the past weeks there was no knowing . |
| 10 | For the past weeks Edouard had had to force himself to look at newspapers : all he saw there when he opened them was confirmation and repetition : accident , sickness , violence and sudden death , handed out evenly to the guilty and the innocent . |
| 11 | During the past weeks , as the ovum has grown inside the ovary , the action of oestrogen and progesterone have caused the mucous membrane of the uterus to develop , forming a lining ( the endometrium ) which is engorged ( filled with blood ) and supplied with nutriment . |
| 12 | All the turmoil of the past weeks pressed down on her now , that she had arrived at her destination : this slightly tawdry student house with its worn second-hand furniture where she was so obviously unwelcome . |
| 13 | His tremor had worsened in the past weeks , a mild oscillation had become a violent jerk of the head . |
| 14 | Besides , she 'd lost enough weight in the past weeks since she had walked out on Marcus not to have to worry about her seams splitting after the odd indulgence ! |
| 15 | But if there was one thing the past weeks had taught her it was that work was an antidote to worry . |
| 16 | The Princess 's relationship with the Queen has also dramatically changed over the past weeks . |
| 17 | At meetings of Bank Assistants throughout the country , in the past weeks , I have not met anyone who was other than bitterly disillusioned at the outcome of our visit to the Labour Court . |
| 18 | we replied that our only object was to secure a Government on such lines and with such a prospect of stability that it might reasonably be expected to be capable of carrying on the war ; that in our opinion his Government , weakened by the resignations of Lloyd George and Bonar Law and by all that had gone on during the past weeks , offered no such prospect and we answered the question therefore with a perfectly definite negative . |
| 19 | The question that has kept coming over the past weeks is : what will this new network sound like — what will it offer ? |
| 20 | Well , we will try again , and maybe if we do win the Rumbelows League Cup and finish third in Division Two , we might just get the same coverage overall as one man has had over the past weeks . |
| 21 | The plaudits have been pouring in over the past weeks , as the following reports show . |