Example sentences of "[adj] more [subord] [art] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | and Joan came over she came over about a week or so after , not , not much more than a week , and she sat there and she said oh well yeah I 'll have one of your , he asked if we 'd like a sweet , she said yeah I 'll have one dad . |
| 2 | The matches used to be held little more than a week or so apart but soccer has since switched to the Lent term . |
| 3 | He had little more than a week , as his intention was to return to Jalo by 10 January . |
| 4 | An outbreak of scarlet fever had taken the nine-year-old twins in little more than a week . |
| 5 | On Thursday 23 May 1974 , little more than a week after Jinky had set out on his transatlantic crossing , the player was the focus of a controversial legal wrangle when a judge at Airdrie Sheriff Court postponed a trial involving the Celtic winger to allow him to prepare for Scotland 's forthcoming World Cup campaign in Germany . |
| 6 | On the following day the Országgyülés adopted a new law on internal security , including strict controls on the use of telephone and mail surveillance , after hearing acting Interior Minister Zoltan Pál admit that covert monitoring of the opposition had continued until little more than a week before , and that documents relating to the scandal had been shredded in defiance of a government order to secure all files for investigation . |
| 7 | A first glance at the Corrado suggests that the stubby , two-plus-very-small-two coupe is one of the least practical cars on the market , particularly as the compact dimensions also limit luggage accommodation to little more than a week 's family shopping . |
| 8 | Fletcher is worried that half of England 's winter tour party will be at home for little more than a week before flying off again for pre-season trips with their counties . |
| 9 | Today , little more than a week after the event , I received my copy , to find not only a short account of things said by the Secretary of State at our Anniversary Luncheon , but also our Chairman 's considered response . |