Example sentences of "long weekend " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Haslam has been obliged to cut back on business travel , he and his wife still do a fair amount of travel for personal pleasure and grab as many long weekends as they can to get away from it all , making flying visits to the Mediterranean . |
| 2 | This is a likely problem after holidays or long weekends ; you do not feel tired at the new bedtime but do feel tired when it is time to get up . |
| 3 | He was crazy about New York and went there for long weekends . |
| 4 | Two hundred and fifty hours later , after fitting an alarm and the full system over numerous late nights , early mornings and long weekends we drove the finished product out of the garage at 3.00am on Saturday 5 September , yes four hours before we had to register at Wembley . |
| 5 | Group events include evening and afternoon indoor meetings , with guest speakers , films and socials , outdoor meetings , locally or visiting exciting places further afield — even long weekends or longer birdwatching holidays . |
| 6 | They have weekends off , what they call long weekends off , Friday to Monday . |
| 7 | Bombay : Prices fell on heavy speculative selling after the long weekend . |
| 8 | The hotel lies in five acres of fields and garden , and the Slingos , who own it , make the most of their beautiful surroundings by running painting courses for about £200 a week ( including breakfast and dinner ) , or £90 for a long weekend . |
| 9 | When the slings and arrows of outrageous everyday life buffet our heads , we escape to Assynt , even if only for a long weekend , and always return refreshed , perspective regained . |
| 10 | By the time you 've finished , if you are n't the best of mates and invited down for a vair long weekend in the cuntrair , I can only say — Air nair . |
| 11 | So for a little over £100 it is easy to spend a long weekend in Paris in the spring , summer or whenever . |
| 12 | There 's a cluster of courses in Suffolk that are ideal for a long weekend and a similar group in Norfolk for those arriving from the North . |
| 13 | A friend of mine found this out when he brought a video back with him after a long weekend in Amsterdam . |
| 14 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 15 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
| 16 | There really is no better way to spend a long weekend , or indeed an entire week , during winter , than in the warm sun of Portugal 's Algarve , Spain 's Costa del Sol or the cooler — though still very comfortable — French region of Calais . |
| 17 | Lee Harpin ODs on a long weekend of TV football |
| 18 | The long weekend also gave me time to myself to rest and ponder on all that had gone and was to come . |
| 19 | Would you like a long weekend in the country courtesy of Citroën ? |
| 20 | TAKE OFF FOR A LONG WEEKEND WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF CITROËN |
| 21 | He did n't think of her as often now , except perhaps on a long weekend when he was off-duty ; the rest of the time he had things to occupy his mind . |
| 22 | She and David planned to spend the long weekend alone in Bristol . |
| 23 | And she is proving a terrific attraction with JUST FOUR two-hour long weekend footplate slots remaining free ( at the time of going to press ) during her month long stay … two available on November 8 , and one each on the 14th and 15th . |
| 24 | And I god so I dashed round , got a long weekend it turned out to be marvellous . |
| 25 | Commuters to the capital obviously decided to take a long weekend or were put up in hotels overnight by their employers , said a spokesman . |
| 26 | Pont Royal is conveniently accessible for the long weekend away : the flight time from Heathrow to Marseilles is less than two hours , with the resort only half an hour from the airport . |
| 27 | Just a long weekend , just the two of us . |
| 28 | He was able to snatch one long weekend in the country , but almost at once he had to start work on the preparation of lectures for a three-week tour of Germany . |
| 29 | Is Versailles a good destination for a long weekend break — an interesting alternative to Paris ? |
| 30 | The cost of a long weekend or midweek mini-break in a two-bedroomed , self-catering villa at Elveden Forest begins at £159 and £138 respectively . |