Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a few week " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 2 | This situation carried on for a few weeks , she would try to talk but always just ended up leaving some food on the step . |
| 3 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 4 | If Baldwin met Parliament , Lloyd George might keep the Conservatives in for a few weeks to humiliate them . |
| 5 | However , most mares settle down after a few weeks . |
| 6 | They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know . |
| 7 | ‘ You see , Brownies , this hall is being pulled down in a few weeks ' time and new houses put up in its place , and there just does n't seem to be anywhere else for us to meet . |
| 8 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 9 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
| 10 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |
| 11 | Often the drive surface is just skimmed with tarmac which breaks up in a few weeks . |
| 12 | But I could go up in a few weeks . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope to meet with the CAA in the next 10 days and we might be able to tie everything up within a few weeks , ’ he said . |
| 14 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 15 | Ask Lina if she 'd like to come up and help out for a few weeks ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He was also ensuring that their first record , The Bride of Christ , would be out in a few weeks . |
| 19 | MONSTROUSLY EPIC , hypnotic UK hard house due out in a few weeks . |
| 20 | ( 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 ] . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |