Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] in [art] [adj] 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 They say nine out of ten women have problems in learning to feed , and many give up in the first weeks .
4 Often the drive surface is just skimmed with tarmac which breaks up in a few weeks .
5 PRE-SEASON thoughts on the prospects of newcomers Durham making the grade were borne out in the early weeks .
6 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 !
7 so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time
8 ‘ 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 .
9 and I do n't know how he , you are , and in the end our cousins you , you know convince me that they 'd take sort of control , you know that , if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk , one thing or another like , you know , and said look we 're going , it 's not as though we 're not going , we 're going and we 'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks
10 But I could go up in a few weeks .
11 Attacks on the Beira corridor pipeline to Zimbabwe were stepped up in the early weeks of 1990 .
12 They were the only ones allowed through in the five weeks the children were away from home .
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