Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] few weeks [art] " in BNC.

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1 For the first few weeks the cast used the bedrooms as dressing rooms .
2 However some employers must have moved more quickly , since the Scotsman for the same day carried the following report : The masters say they have engaged workmen from England who have proved equal to the occasion , while for the past few weeks an experiment was made with educated females at the case .
3 For the last few weeks the baby inside her had been making itself felt .
4 For the next few weeks the debate on the reforms rolled on .
5 For the next few weeks the male passes food for his entire family through this hole until the female breaks the wall down and leaves the hole to help him collect the increasing quantity of food demanded by the growing chicks .
6 During the next few weeks the thoughts continued to come and go .
7 In the next few weeks no fewer than thirty-eight aircraft were discovered with fatigue cracks present in the stabiliser rear spar top chord .
8 In the next few weeks the size of the picket increased , reaching 2,500 on 23 June .
9 In the next few weeks the scientists of the West were split into two groups : should or should they not try to make an H-bomb ?
10 In the next few weeks the writing of that book was to be a lifebelt .
11 IN THE NEXT few weeks the common toads of Britain ( Bufo bufo ) will converge upon lakes and ponds intent on reproduction .
12 In the next few weeks the first lucky 10 will take delivery of the fatest road car in the world .
13 In the past few weeks the government has once again blocked an attempt to give disabled people legal protection against discrimination .
14 In the last few weeks an obscure speed path that was constraining 40MHz yield was identified and stripped out .
15 Over the past few weeks a clutch of American oil companies has reported markedly better results .
16 Over the past few weeks the British parliament 's National Heritage Committee has conducted a public inquiry to find an answer .
17 Over the last few weeks the villagers had noticed how his moods changed from wild despair to feverish excitement .
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