Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [adj] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | but it 's like you see , he gives them spellings and he puts perhaps three or four wrong in twenty and they 're supposed to come home and check 'em , meanwhile he leaves them on the board for a whole week , which I think I 've told you before |
| 2 | Draw up your own personal budget for a typical week . |
| 3 | • A 25% reduction for a second week . |
| 4 | Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined . |
| 5 | The strike was continued for another four days , partly to show that it had not been panicked by the killings into throwing up its responsibilities and partly to ensure that persons on unemployment insurance and social benefits received payment for a full week . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
| 8 | In GLCABS , trainee trainers have a centrally based group course for a full week . |
| 9 | You 'll pay around £128 for a rock climbing weekend , £77 for a weekend 's multi-activity holiday and £225 for a multi-activity week . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When the navvies turn up for their wages on a Friday afternoon after a hard week of digging up roads , try presenting them with a handsome bound volume of Gaelic poetry . |
| 12 | Pigs in an infected herd become immune to re-infection after a few weeks . |
| 13 | There is nothing more demoralising than coming home with an injury which keeps you out of action for a few weeks . |
| 14 | I have n't eaten a meal or even had a cup of tea for a whole week . ’ |
| 15 | In 1973–74 the firm made a profit of £26,719 after tax ; the starting pay of some of the workers was £28 for a 40-hour week . |
| 16 | For most people the tidal wave recedes after clinching a deal with the travel agent for a two week package holiday . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She thought it was limited to securing £60,000 and would only continue in force for a few weeks . |
| 19 | A stiff neck for a few weeks after a bump was tolerated in the past . |
| 20 | Those who could live on savings for a few weeks or months were ‘ that rare class ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Yeah half term for a nice week . |
| 24 | Just as linotype operators at the Sun were breaking out the champagne to celebrate the arrival of £1,000 pay packets for a three-day week , the realization was beginning to dawn that sooner or later the power of the print unions would be broken by the introduction of new technology . |
| 25 | In the 4th division , Hereford United are back in action after a 2 week lay-off . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Here are his personal diary entries from a hectic week |
| 29 | He kept pestering the others about what is known as " account trading " ( where one can buy and sell the same stock within a two week period , hoping that the stock price will have risen ) . |
| 30 | We shall be continuing our more detailed look at factory shops in a few weeks ' time . |