Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] few weeks [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A government clearly that is split both politically and is totally incompetent the government 's majority is now down to eighteen and all the predictions are that within a few weeks it will be down to seventeen . |
| 2 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |
| 3 | And for a few weeks I was happy . |
| 4 | As it turned out , I was a dreadful croupier and after a few weeks they put me on coats and hats . |
| 5 | Each visit guaranteed he would leave behind some of his property and after a few weeks we 'd accumulated his record player , eight boxes of books and his Rupert Bear hot-water bottle . |
| 6 | She had seen so many of the students set out from her door , awkward and anxious , and after a few weeks it was as if they had been studying there all their lives . |
| 7 | Jack ‘ I 'll be retiring soon ’ Duncan has finally gone and in a few weeks I shall also have a clear desk and be on my way to Viewforth , Stirling to take up my appointment as Director of Technical Services in Central Region . |
| 8 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 9 | ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea . |
| 10 | But in a few weeks they were allowed to return because Mossad had threatened to stop giving MI6 any more information about Arab terrorism . |
| 11 | At first , her face burned and she was often defeated in her purpose but within a few weeks she was indistinguishable from the seasoned bargainers . |