Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [art] [adj] few weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | She threaded her hands through his hair and kissed him back , and suddenly all the pent-up emotion of the past few weeks rushed up to engulf her . |
| 2 | Could at least think about it , visualize it again , if not with pleasure , at least not with that sick-making horror of the past few weeks . |
| 3 | As I scrubbed away at my remaining teeth I reflected upon the number of obituaries of men in their early sixties which I 'd read in The Times over the course of the past few weeks , and I wondered whether the Great Reaper was running a special line in the age group for some divine , mysterious end , and if so , I thought , I might be next , and then they 'd be sorry . |
| 4 | He 'd lost weight , his eyes were staring and red as if they 'd been rolled in grit , and his clothes hung on him like a scarecrow 's ; it was almost as if , in the course of the past few weeks , he 'd been drained of the zest and the energy and the sense of confidence that she 'd steadily been picking up . |
| 5 | But neither had the rancour of the last few weeks been dissolved . |
| 6 | Once she had seemed to know a good deal about him , but in her idle rancour of the last few weeks she had abused him for faults that seemed nothing to do with the truth of him . |
| 7 | Reassurance , warmth , sanity after the craziness and sadness of the past few weeks . |
| 8 | Though the trial was over , the strain of the last few weeks was still affecting both of them . |
| 9 | In his acceptance speech Mr Kinnock paid an emotional tribute to his wife , Glenys , for her support under the pressure of the last few weeks . |
| 10 | ( One of the originators once told me that his memory of the first few weeks of the organization was of people literally waiting in turn to answer the phone every time it rang . ) |
| 11 | Mute , drunken dislike was easier than the cold hatred of the last few weeks . |
| 12 | Beset by illness — with Gooch himself the most damaging victim of the last few weeks — and bemused by Indian spin , England must pull themselves together if a bitterly disappointing tour is not to become a total disaster . |