Example sentences of "for [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're only coming for eleven weeks , and that of course starting in June , take some holidays , and |
| 2 | It was a song with everything : baroque references , long sombre organ solos , and words so opaque that they could mean all things to all people , unless they actually asked what they meant-which was , unless one was very stoned , nothing which was why , for eleven weeks , during that summer it was high in the charts . |
| 3 | We 're on the same side and you know and I know that some of the troops are gon na find that , I , my opinion is that some of the troops will find that hard going for eleven weeks unless they know exactly what the hell they 're supposed to be doing in |
| 4 | He stayed in hospital for three-and-a-half weeks , and then spent several more convalescing in the country . |
| 5 | In this section John Barratt was paid for " hay for Carthorses £11 : 2s. : 0d. for 18½ weeks @ 6/ per week " . |
| 6 | the extension of the care premium for eight weeks after the claimant ceases to be entitled to Invalid Care Allowance . |
| 7 | Joseph replied with a renewed bid , this time of £43 million , Watney 's came back again with £47 million , and so the battle swayed from one side to the other for eight weeks . |
| 8 | Be extra careful with new employees who have worked for you for eight weeks or less . |
| 9 | If your new employee falls sick and has worked for you for eight weeks or less , check whether they have any of these linking letters from the Department of Social Security : BF218 , BF220 , BM7 or BM8 ( or BF219 in Northern Ireland ) . |
| 10 | You must have claimed dole for eight weeks or served on the Youth Training Scheme or be able to produce formal notice of redundancy . |
| 11 | The hospital treatment consisted of a high-calorie diet , complete bed-rest for eight weeks , and chlorpromazine drugs . |
| 12 | However , in chronically diabetic rats ( diabetic for eight weeks ) vascular prostacyclin was markedly reduced ( El Tahir et al , 1982 ) . |
| 13 | After waiting for eight weeks the guitar finally arrived . |
| 14 | ARMY officer James Mundell , 22 , was jailed for eight weeks and kicked out of his brigadier father 's regiment yesterday for brawling at Bulford , Wilts . |
| 15 | Youds was ordered to pay £100 per unit and £30 costs and asked for eight weeks to pay the £630 sum . |
| 16 | Suckled for eight weeks , cubs would soon now be emerging , to romp and play above ground . |
| 17 | They had been away from home for eight weeks , and one evening the captain showed us the presents he had bought for his wife . |
| 18 | They were measured again at the start of the experiment and every two weeks during the " active " phase which was due to last for eight weeks . |
| 19 | COULD YOU smile for eight weeks ? |
| 20 | The course lasts for eight weeks and also involves regular discussion periods where the young people re-evaluate their lives . |
| 21 | Speakers from the City law firm Cameron Markby Hewitt addressed a packed house in the Institute 's library each Wednesday evening for eight weeks from January to March . |
| 22 | Magistrates bailed him for eight weeks on conditions which included not venturing out alone from the Leahurst residential home for the mentally disturbed . |
| 23 | They were each jailed for eight weeks . |
| 24 | Agassi 's promotion despite being sidelined for eight weeks with tendonitis of the right wrist was expected with the Wimbledon seeding committee keen to officially acknowledge their reigning champion . |
| 25 | The group is in Cleveland for eight weeks to study the North-East 's path to economic recovery . |
| 26 | He broke both bones in his right forearm and will be in plaster for eight weeks . |
| 27 | The pub has been closed for eight weeks but tenant Tracy Willcox said the renovation was a vast improvement . |
| 28 | The championship is scheduled to start at the end of August and run for eight weeks . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's here for eight weeks and hopefully by the end of his stay he will be able to walk . ’ |
| 30 | Well they sent me , I went on a computer course two days before I went to in hospital and was away for eight weeks and I forgot totally |