Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] in [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fracture of the right femur healed in six weeks with two and a half inches of shortening . |
| 2 | Now there was a book done recently worth fourteen thousand pound 's worth of advertising sales I 'll let you work out what that sales consultant earned in three weeks . |
| 3 | When winter comes in 12 weeks , they will freeze . |
| 4 | We have been running it to get democratic power to serve the people of this country , ’ said Kinnock , provoking the most spontaneous and emotional standing ovation seen in three weeks . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , 14/ 20th Hussars came back off exercise with a lot of dead equipment and 2nd Field Regiment has just finished a major inspection in preparation for firing camp starting in three weeks . |
| 6 | I do not think that anyone has ever seen a state wither away quite as fast as the Soviet state has in recent weeks . |
| 7 | There 's still the home leg to come in two weeks time . |
| 8 | In response the Federal Reserve on Feb. 1 cut its discount rate ( which determined the cost of short-term loans to banks ) by half a percentage point to 6 per cent , its second half-point cut in six weeks , in an attempt to stimulate investment by encouraging banks to increase consumer borrowing . |
| 9 | Under optimal conditions , development from the egg to infective stage occurs in 1-2 weeks . |
| 10 | In January 1990 tense relations between the Justice Ministry and the warders ' unions , as well as low staff morale , were widely seen as the indirect cause of a series of 28 prison escapes in six weeks . |