Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] for a [adj] weeks " in BNC.

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1 I 've only met kennel cough once and that was last year , when a dog belonging to a friend caught it after having been boarded out when she had to go away for a few weeks .
2 Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly .
3 Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision .
4 The august meeting of the Herts and District Metal Detection Society , while not up to its usual high attendance , owing to many people managing to get away for a few weeks holiday , still managed to attract forty-five members .
5 ‘ = and they were going to stay there for a few weeks until their faces were off the front pages and they could tiptoe away .
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