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

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1 A stiff neck for a few weeks after a bump was tolerated in the past .
2 By contrast , most privately rented accommodation is not available for short periods ( say for a few weeks while a house purchase is carried out ) .
3 At present , however , there is a student gap , which may last for a few weeks or a few months , separating the exemptions from the day on which a person enrols on a full-time course of education .
4 She made a mental note to check the tariff later with the receptionist — there would be little point in living so comfortably for a few weeks if the bill swallowed most of her wages at the end of it .
5 The bulk of the chicks ' diet consists of leaf-eating caterpillars from oak trees , particularly those of the green oak tortrix , and these are at their best in the few weeks after the leaf buds come out .
6 Most found jobs within a few weeks and the longest any of them was unemployed was three months .
7 ‘ It has got to a stage where I am not looking ahead to what might happen in a few weeks or a few months .
8 The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years .
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