Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [det] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined . |
| 2 | He had had a spell about two years previously when he had been in a wheel-chair for a few weeks , but had managed to get himself out of it and stagger around with two tripods . |
| 3 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
| 4 | Yet another strategy is to put progress on ‘ hold ’ and stay with your current level of progress for a few weeks until you feel more accustomed to the level and better able to proceed . |
| 5 | Pigs in an infected herd become immune to re-infection after a few weeks . |
| 6 | There is nothing more demoralising than coming home with an injury which keeps you out of action for a few weeks . |
| 7 | Having used the preamp for a few weeks now I have got bored with the presets and want to start using it to create some more familiar sounds . |
| 8 | She thought it was limited to securing £60,000 and would only continue in force for a few weeks . |
| 9 | A stiff neck for a few weeks after a bump was tolerated in the past . |
| 10 | Those who could live on savings for a few weeks or months were ‘ that rare class ’ . |
| 11 | The vicar says he 'll can live of his savings for a few weeks , but if there 's still no escape from the dole he 'll have to return to Greece . |
| 12 | It was thought by the producers that the programme slipped out of the top ten ratings for a few weeks because of the squeamishness of some viewers , but this was probably just a seasonal fluctuation . |
| 13 | The next election will be lost or won not as the result of a few weeks ' electioneering , of media events , of soundbites , but as a result of four years of radical but sensible campaigning in our towns and villages . |
| 14 | Given the long times required to charge the larger rods , you can see that after getting a first qualitative result with the smallest rods within a few weeks , a proper quantitative analysis to test the variation with rod diameter and current , and so establish the nature of the effect would take a long time . |
| 15 | We shall be continuing our more detailed look at factory shops in a few weeks ' time . |
| 16 | It is the second Worlingworth firm to face closure within a few weeks . |
| 17 | 1981 : The year of medley madness — over 20 arrive in the shops within a few weeks , the tally including ‘ Stars On 45 Vols 1 & 2 ’ , ‘ Hollie Daze ’ , ‘ Beach Boy Gold ’ , ‘ A Tribute To The Punks Of '76 ’ and a ‘ Supremes Medley ’ . |
| 18 | The Danuese allowed to participate were few in number and rigorously selected , mostly the same ‘ chiefs ’ who had voted for assimilation into the malai republic in the show referendum of a few weeks back . |
| 19 | Over the course of a few weeks they will probably spend several hours in the bureau familiarising themselves with bureau practice before their formal selection interview . |
| 20 | In the summer of 1856 , an epidemic of cholera broke out and over 7,000 people died in the course of a few weeks . |
| 21 | DEC last week reversed a decision of a few weeks standing not to put OSF/1 on future MIPS machines ( UX No 386 ) and reverted to an earlier strategy that will — see front page . |
| 22 | HRP can only be given for complete tax years ( 6 April to 5 April ) , so if you simply gave up work for a few weeks in order to help out , you would be unlikely to qualify . |
| 23 | The magazine will just have to lurch along snuggled up to me and my ageing haemorrhoids for a few weeks . |
| 24 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
| 25 | He had only known Heather for a few weeks , after all , and may well have been deceived by the impression she had created in Rhodes ' alien environment . |
| 26 | While skirmishing has started in the Senate , which will not consider the economic plan for a few weeks , something like open warfare has broken out in the House . |
| 27 | After they 've scalded my ears with their abuse for a few weeks , and paraded my wreckage before the assembled ranks as an edifying example of what not to do and how not to do it , they will probably just turn me into a stone gargoyle on the roof of some Gothic cathedral . |
| 28 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 29 | We have our little rule book and we let a woman come into the Guild for a few weeks and then she 's told the rules . |
| 30 | Regular filter changes are essential because efficiency can drop from 80% to 20% after a few weeks , if you forget to clean your unit . |