Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] weeks and " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 2 | There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping . |
| 3 | For the best way to job-hunt in Europe is by going to the country of your choice for a few weeks and signing up with several private employment agencies . |
| 4 | So after a week he takes away the bandage , removes the bit of radium , sure enough there 's a bright red radiation burn on his forearm but apart from that he feels fine , he does n't feel ill , he obviously has n't died , er so he said well I 'll leave that for a few weeks and monitor my , my health and see if there 's any long term affects from this exposure to , to radiation . |
| 5 | Dexter had seethed silently for a few weeks and mentioned his anger to a priest during confession . |
| 6 | The Mongols stayed in Fontanellato for a few weeks and did no harm to anybody . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 9 | Failing that , should we put the grand EC official who is in charge of such policies — Mr. Legras — in a veal crate for a few weeks and see whether he changes his mind after that ? |
| 10 | It was alright for a few weeks and then it began to look very anaemic and sorry for itself . |
| 11 | He claimed later that he had done so for the reason that a few months earlier he had sold a stallion to Dunlop which had died within a few weeks and that his motive had been to recompense Dunlop for his loss . |
| 12 | Most found jobs within a few weeks and the longest any of them was unemployed was three months . |
| 13 | You leave school in a few weeks and you 've got to make yourself a living . |
| 14 | Apple is expected to launch its own personal digital organiser in a few weeks and other companies are expected to follow suit later in the year . |
| 15 | So I stayed on a few weeks and erm then I went back to London |