Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] a [det] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet another strategy is to put progress on ‘ hold ’ and stay with your current level of progress for a few weeks until you feel more accustomed to the level and better able to proceed . |
| 2 | There is nothing more demoralising than coming home with an injury which keeps you out of action for a few weeks . |
| 3 | Finally , remember to protect oxygenating plants with wide cylinders or domes of netting for a few weeks to prevent any fish from pulling them up before they 're established . |
| 4 | I had a meal out with a friend recently , and now we 've got mother into hospital for a few weeks so that I can take my husband away on holiday . |
| 5 | She thought it was limited to securing £60,000 and would only continue in force for a few weeks . |
| 6 | DEC also subcontracted the London-based software house Transvik Ltd which had previously developed the software for the Nordex exchange in the City of London ; it was its foundation on the pound sterling that caused the failure of the bond transaction , but contrary to local press reports , the system did not crash and an update to overcome the problem should be in place in a few weeks time . |
| 7 | The Mongols stayed in Fontanellato for a few weeks and did no harm to anybody . |
| 8 | The amazing improvements in symptoms which can be brought about by medication have created an expectation that most people treated in hospitals will be recovered from their acute episode of disorder and ready for discharge within a few weeks . |
| 9 | Pigs in an infected herd become immune to re-infection after a few weeks . |
| 10 | This was the ‘ phoney war ’ period and everyone drank to peace in a few weeks . |
| 11 | For example , what happens when you go on holiday for a few weeks , or you are bedridden with influenza , or you change job or move house ? |
| 12 | All she had to do was hold them at bay for a few weeks . |