Example sentences of "[prep] the last few weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the last few weeks the baby inside her had been making itself felt . |
| 2 | As harvest time was drawing to a close and autumn would soon be upon them , Tamar admitted what she had tried to deny for the last few weeks . |
| 3 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 4 | Managing director Michel Apchin confirmed takeover rumours , saying ‘ We have been in negotiations for the last few weeks with a group that is not French . |
| 5 | He was so depressed , poor boy , at falling in the first place — all Langleys ride as if they were born to it — and then at not being able to return to Cambridge for the last few weeks of term , and his aunt was quite at her wit 's end to know what to do with him . |
| 6 | I had been telling him so for the last few weeks . |
| 7 | He therefore has been living with friends , sleeping on their floors , for the last few weeks , because he 's complied explicitly with the conditions of his bail . |
| 8 | He 's therefore been stuck , living on er friends ' floors for the last few weeks , not being able to go back to his girlfriend and not being able to see his children , er and Madam that 's had an effect on his , on his business as well . |
| 9 | And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’ |
| 10 | I 've miss I 've missed for the last few weeks . |
| 11 | Because Britain has been covered , during the last few weeks , with record levels of toxic and other dangerous substances . |
| 12 | There 've been a lot of valuable plants and bulbs stolen from the Botanical Gardens during the last few weeks . |
| 13 | ‘ During the last few weeks we have been to Kent for the filming . |
| 14 | DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE WERE IN PRÉFLEUR WE spoke little . |
| 15 | During the last few weeks of Little Stonham Primary School 's history a book fair was held . |
| 16 | Additionally , during the last few weeks of 1992 , Louis Vuitton sales showed a significant improvement . |
| 17 | ‘ During the last few weeks , we have , therefore , been talking to the board of the Bank of Edinburgh about a number of options which might reduce the protracted time-scales that affected the proposal . |
| 18 | Mares with a tendency to filled legs will suffer more when in foal , particularly during the last few weeks of pregnancy . |
| 19 | Er thinking about the last few weeks about how many hours a week on average ? |
| 20 | They were relaxed , joking amongst themselves ; it was a relief to be on a march where they did n't expect trouble after the last few weeks of demonstrations and violence . |
| 21 | In his acceptance speech Mr Kinnock paid an emotional tribute to his wife , Glenys , for her support under the pressure of the last few weeks . |
| 22 | For , whilst we all wish to see democratic government in South Africa and recognise the role played by the restoration of sporing links in achieving those aims , events of the last few weeks confirm that the country is still very unstable . |
| 23 | But neither had the rancour of the last few weeks been dissolved . |
| 24 | Mute , drunken dislike was easier than the cold hatred of the last few weeks . |
| 25 | Once she had seemed to know a good deal about him , but in her idle rancour of the last few weeks she had abused him for faults that seemed nothing to do with the truth of him . |
| 26 | They had spent half an hour with the President , the Director sitting back and letting Rostov take him through all the details of the last few weeks . |
| 27 | Though the trial was over , the strain of the last few weeks was still affecting both of them . |
| 28 | Says Lee : ‘ I have never lost my affection for Manchester City where I spent so many happy years during the club 's successful period , and like so many others I have been disturbed by the events of the last few weeks . ’ |
| 29 | Beset by illness — with Gooch himself the most damaging victim of the last few weeks — and bemused by Indian spin , England must pull themselves together if a bitterly disappointing tour is not to become a total disaster . |
| 30 | Jackie Aitchison , chairman of the consortium , has spent much of the last few weeks in talks with potential partners . |