Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] few weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Dexter had seethed silently for a few weeks and mentioned his anger to a priest during confession . |
| 4 | I 've only met kennel cough once and that was last year , when a dog belonging to a friend caught it after having been boarded out when she had to go away for a few weeks . |
| 5 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |
| 6 | And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life . |
| 7 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 8 | yes , I should n't mind going away in a few weeks , if , if |
| 9 | Meyer will return home for a few weeks after this weekend 's race , and will then fly to Britain , where she will set up base for about four months , competing on the European circuit in her build-up for the World Championships in Stuttgart , where she will no doubt meet McColgan again . |
| 10 | Often the drive surface is just skimmed with tarmac which breaks up in a few weeks . |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time |
| 13 | Korea 's Samsung will start doing so in a few weeks . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 16 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
| 17 | But I could go up in a few weeks . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The august meeting of the Herts and District Metal Detection Society , while not up to its usual high attendance , owing to many people managing to get away for a few weeks holiday , still managed to attract forty-five members . |
| 20 | Some people who comply well with all that is suggested to them may have done little more than comply ( incidentally , much of the " normal " first year of recovery is reckoned to be little more than compliance ) and think erroneously after a few weeks of treatment that they have learnt all they need to know and have done all they need to do to remain free from addictive disease . |
| 21 | ( 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 ] . |
| 22 | ‘ = and they were going to stay there for a few weeks until their faces were off the front pages and they could tiptoe away . |
| 23 | This situation carried on for a few weeks , she would try to talk but always just ended up leaving some food on the step . |
| 24 | However , most mares settle down after a few weeks . |
| 25 | But he was reassured by the fact that the Dhah had promised that they were leaving only for a few weeks vacation . |
| 26 | To bring out the contrast with UK policy , we can consider a specific case , that of the MMC inquiry into the White Salt Market. ; Two firms supplied virtually the entire UK salt market and , over the 13 year period taken by the MMC , their prices had been identical and had changed identically within a few weeks of each other . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Ask Lina if she 'd like to come up and help out for a few weeks ? |
| 29 | Anyway , after they 'd gone , I just hobbled round to me mates and stayed there for a few weeks . |