Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] a few weeks [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for a few weeks I was happy . |
| 2 | As it turned out , I was a dreadful croupier and after a few weeks they put me on coats and hats . |
| 3 | Each visit guaranteed he would leave behind some of his property and after a few weeks we 'd accumulated his record player , eight boxes of books and his Rupert Bear hot-water bottle . |
| 4 | She had seen so many of the students set out from her door , awkward and anxious , and after a few weeks it was as if they had been studying there all their lives . |
| 5 | Jack ‘ I 'll be retiring soon ’ Duncan has finally gone and in a few weeks I shall also have a clear desk and be on my way to Viewforth , Stirling to take up my appointment as Director of Technical Services in Central Region . |
| 6 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 7 | ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea . |
| 8 | But in a few weeks they were allowed to return because Mossad had threatened to stop giving MI6 any more information about Arab terrorism . |
| 9 | At first , her face burned and she was often defeated in her purpose but within a few weeks she was indistinguishable from the seasoned bargainers . |