Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] a few week " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , he 's only been experiencing the outside world since his vaccination course was completed a few weeks ago . |
| 2 | ‘ When the draw for the quarter-final was made a few weeks ago , I was delighted at being paired with Derry City ’ he declared . |
| 3 | The response from designers and knitters included plenty of suggestions for improvement in the basic shapes and version 2 of Designaknit was born a few weeks later . |
| 4 | For although Britain , France , Germany and Italy had guaranteed the frontiers of that country ( minus the Sudetenland ) at that same conference , the Czech Republic was fragmented a few weeks later , and by the following March Germany had completed her design by totally absorbing an independent state . |
| 5 | The move followed a visit to Singapore in August by the Chinese Premier , Li Peng [ see p. 37656 ] , and the renewal that month of China 's diplomatic relations with Indonesia , and was followed a few weeks later by a visit by Lee Kuan Yew to China [ see p. 37780 ] . |
| 6 | However , I changed my mind about the seriousness of Denning 's pronouncements when it was declared a few weeks later that the case of the Birmingham Six was to be reconsidered . |
| 7 | An open audition was advertised a few weeks later and Carl beat over 900 other young hopefuls singing Hole in the Ground , a song popularised by Bernard Cribbins . |
| 8 | It is understood that Mr Dunn 's position became untenable when GEC-Ferranti 's initial budget for the coming year — which revealed the extent of the cost overrun — was rejected a few weeks ago by Derek Dickinson , chief executive of GEC-Marconi Avionics , the division to which GEC-Ferranti belongs . |
| 9 | One young man was killed a few weeks before the Armistice . |
| 10 | But that particular day she did n't know beforehand , this was planned a few weeks in advance as you can imagine . |
| 11 | The last race in the series was held a few weeks ago near Gifford in which he was placed fifth . |