Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rangers striker has spent two weeks on the sidelines with a calf strain after scoring 32 times in all competitions this season . |
| 2 | AN ATTEMPT by management at Devonport to poach the refitting of a destroyer from Rosyth Royal Dockyard has failed , but the unsolicited bid has caused two weeks ' delay to work on HMS Gloucester . |
| 3 | As the old pensioner listened to the song , which was now accompanied by the ringing of bells , Fleury saw an expression of tender devotion come over his lined face , and he , too , thought , as the Collector had thought some weeks earlier in the tiger house , what a lot of Indian life was unavailable to the Englishman who came equipped with his own religion and habits . |
| 4 | Their last album , ‘ Churchtown ’ was their first on a major label and the band have spent recent weeks in West Cork , writing and demoing material for their third LP . |
| 5 | If Elise 's diary was anything to go by , their affair had finished three weeks before her death . |
| 6 | The case had taken two weeks at the Old Bailey , the first devoted to legal argument before the jury was sworn . |
| 7 | A safe place Both said they were delighted the scheme had begun two weeks ahead of schedule and promised residents and visitors a safer and more pleasant place to shop . |