Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a [det] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter had seethed silently for a few weeks and mentioned his anger to a priest during confession . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ = and they were going to stay there for a few weeks until their faces were off the front pages and they could tiptoe away . |
| 6 | But he was reassured by the fact that the Dhah had promised that they were leaving only for a few weeks vacation . |
| 7 | Anyway , after they 'd gone , I just hobbled round to me mates and stayed there for a few weeks . |