Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] few weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |
| 2 | Recorders ( of whom there are over seven hundred , plus some five hundred Assistant Recorders ) are practising barristers or solicitors who are required to sit for a few weeks each year . |
| 3 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 4 | By contrast , most privately rented accommodation is not available for short periods ( say for a few weeks while a house purchase is carried out ) . |
| 5 | Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs . |
| 6 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 7 | Well I thought if I get one this size , that will do for a few weeks rather than take some of them home and mess about better than there 's a big packet like a big one at home I 've just opened this morning so it 's |
| 8 | Why are government bonds which still have eleven months to run regarded as liquid , whereas overdrafts granted for a few weeks are not ? |
| 9 | I did n't want anyone to feel that this diet was a ‘ prison sentence ’ to be endured for a few weeks or months before old habits could be reintroduced . |
| 10 | Some of these programs belong to the Shareware scheme which means that they can be used and evaluated for a few weeks , and you pay the registration fee only if you continue to use them . |
| 11 | They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't understand what he meant , and nothing happened for a few weeks , so I did not feel so worried . |
| 13 | Sniffed for a few weeks or months . |
| 14 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 15 | However , delay sowing for a few weeks if conditions are poor . |
| 16 | The Hagen Biolife filter in our office tank has been running for a few weeks now , and one or two little problems have shown up . |
| 17 | Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers . |
| 18 | Most large towns in Britain with sizable Asian communities have three or four resident hakims , and an unknown number visit Britain from abroad to practise for a few weeks several times a year . |
| 19 | It 's nothing you , you know even if you only can manage for a few weeks . |
| 20 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 21 | The adults live for a few weeks , but the " juvenile " stage ( technically " nymphs " rather than larvae ) lasts for 13 years ( in some varieties ) or 17 years ( in other varieties ) . |
| 22 | ‘ I then wrote to Gwen , inviting myself to stay for a few weeks . |
| 23 | If she needs nursing care , arrangements can sometimes be made for her to be admitted for a few weeks to the local hospital on medical recommendation . |
| 24 | Q I recently became the owner of a pond which I planted and then left for a few weeks before I put the fish in . |
| 25 | At present , however , there is a student gap , which may last for a few weeks or a few months , separating the exemptions from the day on which a person enrols on a full-time course of education . |
| 26 | Here she continues : ‘ A Mr. Lewis , an historic painter from London , come for a few weeks on a jaunt of pleasure , played on the piano for us . |
| 27 | The unusual job I have for a few weeks is to collect unpublished or limited circulation material for whizzkid computer boffins in Oxford to tag and analyse on computers . |
| 28 | No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer |