Example sentences of "[prep] a few week " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | After a few weeks the final — and expected — decision was made and Shanaz was sent back to Pakistan , frightened and uncertain about the future . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , most mares settle down after a few weeks . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If untreated , recovery occurs after a few weeks , but discharging abscesses may remain in the groin . |
| 8 | After a few weeks , he was transferred to a rehabilitation hospital , where he received physiotherapy treatment . |
| 9 | After a few weeks of agitation in the press , Mr Pozderac resigned from his high government office , although still declaring his innocence . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | After a few weeks most boys bought their own pens and they were usually carried down the top of the right sock . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | After a few weeks in Blackpool , Marjorie was overjoyed when sent to America to join the Lollipop Troupe for a year . |
| 15 | After a few weeks on an unsweetened diet , it is remarkable how disgusting anything sugary tastes . |
| 16 | If cow 's milk does turn out to be the problem you can try drinking sheep or goat milk instead , after a few weeks . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | After a few weeks of relative calm — the ‘ phoney war ’ — chauvinism was revived by the German invasion of Norway . |
| 19 | It was quieter , with few shops , not one of them interesting , and restaurants which opened with optimistic flourishes and invitations but where , after a few weeks , you could see the desolate owner standing in the doorway wondering where he 'd gone wrong ; his eyes told you the area was n't going to revive in his lifetime . |
| 20 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |
| 21 | Her cancer , which had not even been mentioned during the hypnosis session , rapidly regressed and after a few weeks even all radiological evidence of it had disappeared . |
| 22 | As predicted , the small lumps vanished , the gland remained — unchanged — and after a few weeks , I grew accustomed to the feel of it and forgot it until Dr Dingle rediscovered it during my 1988 medical . |
| 23 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 24 | As it turned out , I was a dreadful croupier and after a few weeks they put me on coats and hats . |
| 25 | Each visit guaranteed he would leave behind some of his property and after a few weeks we 'd accumulated his record player , eight boxes of books and his Rupert Bear hot-water bottle . |
| 26 | After a few weeks , a small letter E was applied after the fleet numbers on the dashes of ex-Croydon Corporation cars . |
| 27 | After a few weeks , they were sent away one at a time to Hendon Works for repainting and returned renumbered 345–347 . |
| 28 | She had seen so many of the students set out from her door , awkward and anxious , and after a few weeks it was as if they had been studying there all their lives . |
| 29 | After a few weeks all our money was gone and everything was in pawn so Dad had to go to the relief office . |
| 30 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |