Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a few weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined . |
| 2 | He had had a spell about two years previously when he had been in a wheel-chair for a few weeks , but had managed to get himself out of it and stagger around with two tripods . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Pigs in an infected herd become immune to re-infection after a few weeks . |
| 5 | There is nothing more demoralising than coming home with an injury which keeps you out of action for a few weeks . |
| 6 | Having used the preamp for a few weeks now I have got bored with the presets and want to start using it to create some more familiar sounds . |
| 7 | She thought it was limited to securing £60,000 and would only continue in force for a few weeks . |
| 8 | A stiff neck for a few weeks after a bump was tolerated in the past . |
| 9 | The next election will be lost or won not as the result of a few weeks ' electioneering , of media events , of soundbites , but as a result of four years of radical but sensible campaigning in our towns and villages . |
| 10 | It is the second Worlingworth firm to face closure within a few weeks . |
| 11 | The Danuese allowed to participate were few in number and rigorously selected , mostly the same ‘ chiefs ’ who had voted for assimilation into the malai republic in the show referendum of a few weeks back . |
| 12 | Over the course of a few weeks they will probably spend several hours in the bureau familiarising themselves with bureau practice before their formal selection interview . |
| 13 | In the summer of 1856 , an epidemic of cholera broke out and over 7,000 people died in the course of a few weeks . |
| 14 | DEC last week reversed a decision of a few weeks standing not to put OSF/1 on future MIPS machines ( UX No 386 ) and reverted to an earlier strategy that will — see front page . |
| 15 | HRP can only be given for complete tax years ( 6 April to 5 April ) , so if you simply gave up work for a few weeks in order to help out , you would be unlikely to qualify . |
| 16 | While skirmishing has started in the Senate , which will not consider the economic plan for a few weeks , something like open warfare has broken out in the House . |
| 17 | After they 've scalded my ears with their abuse for a few weeks , and paraded my wreckage before the assembled ranks as an edifying example of what not to do and how not to do it , they will probably just turn me into a stone gargoyle on the roof of some Gothic cathedral . |
| 18 | We have our little rule book and we let a woman come into the Guild for a few weeks and then she 's told the rules . |
| 19 | ‘ My life can only be a question of a few weeks . |
| 20 | We shall have Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe mush fitter in a few weeks when they have had more games . ’ |
| 21 | The duration of obstructive symptoms varied widely with a range from a few weeks to several years . |
| 22 | The sergeant 's parting shot was , ‘ I suppose you 'll be in the desert in a few weeks ’ time disguised as a Bedouin . ’ |
| 23 | This was the ‘ phoney war ’ period and everyone drank to peace in a few weeks . |
| 24 | Leave the pot in a warm , dark place for a few weeks — the airing cupboard is best . |
| 25 | The additional energy they enjoyed after following the diet for a few weeks helped them to take on a much more positive attitude towards life — I could sense a really happy attitude in the remarks on the questionnaires . |
| 26 | If her bullying ways persist , forget the mother-and-toddler group for a few weeks . |
| 27 | In January bring it back into a cool , airy room for a few weeks . |
| 28 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 29 | In any event , it is surely wrong , for the sake of a few weeks , to decide on the principle of the Bill by giving it a Second Reading while hon. Members still do not have the Stoner report . |
| 30 | Work-shadowing , whereby a student follows a business person during her normal work routines over a period of a few weeks is becoming increasingly commonplace in the UK . |