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

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1 After a few weeks other problems appeared and the plaintiff sued for the cost of repairing them .
2 After a few weeks most boys bought their own pens and they were usually carried down the top of the right sock .
3 They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence .
4 Recorders ( of whom there are over seven hundred , plus some five hundred Assistant Recorders ) are practising barristers or solicitors who are required to sit for a few weeks each year .
5 Though water is solid for much of the year , the annual thaw in spring and summer provides a wide range of aquatic habitats that support biological activity , and may even allow high productivity for a few weeks each year .
6 For a few weeks each autumn , conkers was the game in vogue .
7 Most large towns in Britain with sizable Asian communities have three or four resident hakims , and an unknown number visit Britain from abroad to practise for a few weeks several times a year .
8 At the same time he supposedly played really well in these matches and got an offer from Juve to stay with them for a few weeks this winter .
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