Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] a [det] weeks " in BNC.
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1 | Most found jobs within a few weeks and the longest any of them was unemployed was three months . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | She hoped to announce a new initiative to tackle unemployment within a few weeks . |
4 | He had only known Heather for a few weeks , after all , and may well have been deceived by the impression she had created in Rhodes ' alien environment . |
5 | Election poster campaigns by the main political parties customarily occupy sites previously booked by others — by clients of the party 's agency who can be persuaded to postpone campaigns for a few weeks , by the Central Office of Information ( whose government advertising goes on hold once an election is called ) or reputedly ( in the case of the Tories ) by the big brewers and tobacco companies . |
6 | It is the second Worlingworth firm to face closure within a few weeks . |
7 | Rather than investing in a filter , it may be better to use bottled water if you are just avoiding tap-water for a few weeks . |
8 | You leave school in a few weeks and you 've got to make yourself a living . |
9 | When she visited us with her boyfriend and said that she would be able to take Susan in a few weeks , we had to disguise our emotions . |