Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a few weeks ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time |
| 6 | Then in a few weeks ' time it will have been outstripped by the very events which it is shaping . |
| 7 | 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 . |