Example sentences of "[noun] for a [adj] weeks [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined . |
| 2 | Having used the preamp for a few weeks now I have got bored with the presets and want to start using it to create some more familiar sounds . |
| 3 | It helps if you both keep independent jealousy logs for a few weeks beforehand . |
| 4 | Lord John Russell was Foreign Secretary for a few weeks only in Aberdeen 's Coalition Government , when on 21st February , 1853 , he was replaced by George Villiers , fourth Earl of Clarendon ( 1800–70 ) who held the post until February 1858 , in both Aberdeen 's and Palmerston 's Governments . |
| 5 | It is a long way , yeah , yeah , but still , I mean if you do n't have a win for a few weeks then you have a hundred pound it 's ha |
| 6 | I had a meal out with a friend recently , and now we 've got mother into hospital for a few weeks so that I can take my husband away on holiday . |
| 7 | Oh good oh right so er so you can you can do project for a few weeks fairly solidly before the end of term course when deadlines start looming . |
| 8 | But now we 're in the top erm position , we 've been in the top position for a few weeks now , it obviously erm makes you think that whether it 's a possibility . |
| 9 | A stranger who enters the land for a few weeks solely to do some work on it does not fall into this category . " |
| 10 | Could you not have sat tight in the fellow 's house for a few weeks longer ? ’ |