Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] few weeks " in BNC.
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| 31 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 32 | Ask Lina if she 'd like to come up and help out for a few weeks ? |
| 33 | In one instance , a stock of thousands of BBC props had been sold off this year for £75,000 yet the BBC later spent £1,100 renting just three items back for a few weeks . |
| 34 | There are many different varieties of scabetic mite infesting various mammals , and , although the mites from different animals appear to be similar , they are probably species specific because infestation by the mite from domestic animals does not ‘ take ’ in the human and dies out after a few weeks . |
| 35 | He was also ensuring that their first record , The Bride of Christ , would be out in a few weeks . |
| 36 | MONSTROUSLY EPIC , hypnotic UK hard house due out in a few weeks . |
| 37 | ( The Soviet stance vis-à-vis Iraq had hardened noticeably during November with disillusionment over the expectation that 1,000 Soviet nationals would be allowed out within a few weeks following the Oct. 28-9 visit of Yevgeny Primakov [ see p. 37758 ] . |
| 38 | We will be reporting back in a few weeks ' time about this case and whether we have achieved a lasting and muzzle-free peace treaty between the battling Yorkies ! |
| 39 | They went away thanking her for her help , and promised to come back in a few weeks ' time when Bruno 's booster injection was due . |
| 40 | so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time |
| 41 | I 've heard in fac er in my factory , I 've heard it in other places , right , when a temporary l temporary or casual worker goes down the road , or a part-timer work 's cut short , ah it 's only a casual and he only expected to be here for a few weeks . |
| 42 | Er , yes that was David , Robert has n't , Robert 's coming next weekend , but he has n't been here for a few weeks |
| 43 | Not even for a few weeks . |
| 44 | How do you know this is love , your prose side whispers like a sceptical lawyer , it 's only been around for a few weeks , a few months . |
| 45 | The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years . |
| 46 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |
| 47 | He reckoned it would take him where he wanted to go — at least for a few weeks . |
| 48 | ‘ We were only there for a few weeks . |
| 49 | Anyway , after they 'd gone , I just hobbled round to me mates and stayed there for a few weeks . |
| 50 | ‘ Well , ’ said Li Shai Tung , brightening , ‘ why not take Jelka there for a few weeks ? ’ |
| 51 | ‘ = and they were going to stay there for a few weeks until their faces were off the front pages and they could tiptoe away . |
| 52 | But she has n't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill . |
| 53 | Dexter had seethed silently for a few weeks and mentioned his anger to a priest during confession . |
| 54 | There may be some weathering her and there After a few weeks which to Willis , however , seemed like a few years , the broker 's solicitors made a conditional offer for the poor old barge , and finally agreed to pay £1500 , provided that Dreadnought was still in shipshape condition six months hence , in the spring of 1962 . |
| 55 | Then in a few weeks ' time it will have been outstripped by the very events which it is shaping . |
| 56 | Yet after a few weeks , during which time only parts of the north of England and the borders had risen on the Pretender 's behalf , the rebellion was put down . |
| 57 | ‘ If you agree to my helping you in that direction , then we 'll look at this situation again in a few weeks , when you 'll hopefully be in a more stable state of mind . ’ |
| 58 | And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life . |