Example sentences of "after a fortnight [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of the clammy heat , shoppers began to hurry , but the rain which fell so readily when rainy days preceded it , now , after a fortnight 's drought , held off as if it could only be squeezed out as a result of some acute and agonising pressure . |
| 2 | After a fortnight 's visit with her mother to her aunt Mrs Poole at Ramsgate , Helen decided that she must earn some money and , if possible , live away from home where her mother 's grief-stricken restrictions and excessive dependency — so she thought — would curtail that freedom of action and expression in which her father had encouraged her . |
| 3 | Little Hermia , a changed pony after a fortnight 's attention from Perdita , danced and snatched at her bit in excitement . |
| 4 | Border regained the Aussie captaincy from opening batsman Mark Taylor after a fortnight 's lay-off with a hamstring injury . |
| 5 | Last year , after a fortnight 's holiday in California , his first for two years , he complained , ‘ My wife would n't let me take any work with me ’ . |
| 6 | Châteauneuf , the castle controlling the key bridge across the River Charente west of Angoulême , on the main road from Poitiers to Bordeaux , fell after a fortnight 's siege . |
| 7 | Is it possible to return home with a tan after a fortnight 's holiday , after using only high protection sunscreens ? |
| 8 | Corbett , who had a string of classical roles behind him but was best known as the star of Steptoe and Son on TV , played a married travelling salesman , Brian , who is having an affair and aches for his lover after a fortnight 's absence , only to find himself sharing a bedsitting room with a religious zealot , Arnold , played by Crawford . |
| 9 | Les Stocker , the animal saviour from St Tiggywinkles Wildlife hospital at Haddenham has just returned from the islands after a fortnight 's hard work . |