Example sentences of "a weekend " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some schools you will be asked to participate with other students in basic class work over a weekend ( as happens at the Bristol Old Vic drama school ) and in some you may find yourself being judged partly by senior students of the school who will be sitting with the faculty panel ( which is something that happens at Drama Centre ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Why wait till they are away on a weekend ? ’ asked Mrs Cornforth . |
| 3 | A plan occurred to her ; she and Lucy would go away for a weekend to the heart of the country , roses round the door , and find out how they would be lovers . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you want to have a weekend with me ? |
| 5 | A weekend — we both work , there 's no time in the week . |
| 6 | Lucy — give us a weekend . ’ |
| 7 | I said we needed a weekend , real time , for both of us , and you said give it time . |
| 8 | I found this an extremely comfortable sack for lugging climbing equipment , tent and food into some of the more remote Scottish crags for a weekend 's sport . |
| 9 | We did not venture near the fields again until a friend with children came to spend a weekend . |
| 10 | I realise that , if I am accepted , once I have completed my degree I may often have to work for over 80 hours at a stretch during a weekend on call . |
| 11 | China could be trusted with almost six million people in perpetuity , but not the royal family for a weekend . |
| 12 | Profitt , Michael Cook , 18 , Adrian Sinclair , 19 , and Lee Scrivens , 19 , all from Birmingham , admitted theft charges ; another six City supporters were also remanded in custody or on bail , and 23 were fined a total of £8,600 for admitting charges arising from a weekend in the Lancashire resort which a Football Association inquiry may punish by banning City supporters from remaining away games ; all their away matches were made all-ticket for an indefinite period after trouble last season at Crystal Palace . |
| 13 | ONLY a dealer who had just come back from a weekend in the Kalahari desert would have been surprised to hear of yesterday 's agreed £337.6m bid by MB Group for Caradon , the Twyfords and Everest building products group , so comprehensive has been the pre-match publicity . |
| 14 | It had appeared for a while that Coronation Street 's rival EastEnders , boosted by a weekend omnibus , would oust it from top spot in the ratings . |
| 15 | From 1984 on , Mr Watts had repeatedly telephoned Lord Aldington , as many as 28 times in a weekend , and gathered a dossier of other allegedly unpaid claims by Sun Alliance , which he circulated to insurance brokers . |
| 16 | The colour-printing facility , initially to be used only for advertising , may be used to produce a weekend ‘ leisure ’ colour supplement early next year . |
| 17 | This year , we sent 79 children to Germany , 42 children to France on two-week exchanges , 70 children on a weekend trip to France , the fifth-years went on a trip to Paris . |
| 18 | Another hotel that would make a good starting point for a weekend — or longer — in East Anglia is the Black Lion at Long Melford . |
| 19 | ‘ Infested with tourists and mosquitoes ’ — the verdict of some friends who had spent a weekend in ‘ the Venice of the North ’ earlier in the summer flashed through my mind . |
| 20 | You would be better spending a weekend in Antwerp , about 15 miles to the east , less well preserved architecturally but with more comprehensive museums and galleries , and much more the feel of a ‘ real ’ town . |
| 21 | AFTER a weekend of hard talking between Michael Knighton and Martin Edwards , the Manchester United chairman , the 37-year-old property developer 's advisers were publicly sticking to the line last night that his £20m take-over bid for the club was ready to proceed . |
| 22 | At the end of the training — a weekend seminar on the philosophy of Rebirthing — all 200 were in each other 's arms , many crying with happiness . |
| 23 | Baseball : Henderson steals show to leave Toronto in tatters : Richard Weekes reports on a weekend which saw the Oakland Athletics reach baseball 's World Series |
| 24 | Prices start at £199 for a weekend in Cologne including return flights , accommodation and a concert ticket . |
| 25 | You can choose from a weekend ( £95 ) or a week long holiday ( £265 ) where you 'll observe wild life while walking an average of six to eight miles each day . |
| 26 | The bike 's many gears , light frame and thinnish tyres also make it highly suitable for cycle touring , as I found out on a weekend 's cycling trip in Normandy . |
| 27 | The Ilmor engines ran faultlessly ( any problems were associated with ancillary failures ) despite the Leyton House team having a weekend made difficult by and act of sabotage on Friday evening and damage to one car when Mauricio Gugelmin hit the wall during practice . |
| 28 | Inside the cabin , the Golf is now looking fairly outdated but the instruments are still easy to use and effective , four adults can be carried in reasonable comfort and the huge boot will swallow more than enough for a weekend away . |
| 29 | He was anxious to obtain a weekend retreat close to London and the derelict mill promised conveniently located , characterful accommodation . |
| 30 | Charles spent many a weekend with Mountbatten at Broadlands , his home in Hampshire , where he felt totally at ease . |