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

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1 This feature allows the virus to persist in the environment even though its host , the insect larva , may be present for only a few weeks during the year .
2 He knew that she had not enjoyed his homecoming or the renewal of a sexual life ; throughout their married life he had been at home for only a few weeks at a time , and she had been free to make her life as she chose .
3 Lurgan publican Ralph Hewitt faces an election after only a few weeks as a director of Glenavon .
4 As we all know , it is a matter of only a few weeks before the joyous day when the boot will be on the other foot and the right hon. Gentleman will be sitting on the Opposition Front Bench making speeches on timetable motions .
5 In the space of only a few weeks in the winter of 1862 Punch carried more than a dozen cartoons and a score of witty articles , fake court reports and novelty songs — including a seasonable Christmas Carol .
6 Now , however , she was dying of tuberculosis and , with only a few weeks of life left , the past was very much on her mind .
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