Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a few week " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | What I 'm worried about at the moment is that large numbers of people are buying computers , especially some of the cheaper ones , and my prediction is that after a few weeks , they get put into cupboards , and are n't used , because they are so unfriendly , so hard to use , whereas in principle computers could be very powerful and useful devices in the home . |
3 | ‘ Nevertheless , the atmosphere today compared to that of a few weeks ago is more conducive to a satisfactory settlement , ’ concluded Donald . |
4 | IF you are planning to take part in the sponsored step aerobics session for the day care centre sit tight for a few weeks . |
5 | I was really ill for a few weeks . |
6 | Near as we can tell , the courtship between Novell Inc and Unix System Labs Inc is unchanged from a few weeks ago when the news broke that Novell Inc could buy a greater share in the AT&T subsidiary ( UX No 398 ) . |
7 | Alternatively , you might break the goal down into smaller mini-goals , and spread these over a few weeks . |
8 | Digital Equipment Corp now believes COSE really wants it to join , something it was n't quite sure about a few weeks ago . |
9 | Digital Equipment Corp now believes that the Common Open Software Environment crowd really want it to join them , something that it was not quite sure about a few weeks ago . |
10 | Or it was just some seventeenth-century Dutch hippie paid to sit still for a few weeks in a dark robe in a cold studio . |
11 | You do n't want a firm whose work of good , but who may leave you high and not-so-dry for a few weeks . |
12 | ‘ There will be enough wages to keep you all for a few weeks at least , until you have a chance to find another situation . |
13 | In general elections we , we do n't normally know for sure until a few weeks beforehand what the date of the election is going to be . |
14 | Jonna was not slow to remind them that he and Maisie hoped to see them at their wedding , due in a few weeks ' time at Easter . |
15 | ‘ You can live quite cheaply in Miami , so once you 're out there on one job , you can contact other UK clients and get them to send the gear over and keep you busy for a few weeks . |
16 | The improvement in arthritis , gout , blood pressure , diabetes , or blood cholesterol level may be dramatic , and evident within a few weeks or months of a dietary programme . |
17 | They just do n't like to get involved in something which is ongoing for a few weeks you know . |
18 | The president tried to soothe the unions by promising that , as inflation drops to zero in a few weeks , real pay will increase . |
19 | Would you like to borrow Nutty for a few weeks ? |
20 | It was alright for a few weeks and then it began to look very anaemic and sorry for itself . |
21 | Green made another appeal in the Mercury in October 1793 , saying that his plan would be ready in a few weeks , but it was not in fact published until late in 1794 . |