Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a [adj] 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 | There is nothing more demoralising than coming home with an injury which keeps you out of action for a few weeks . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She thought it was limited to securing £60,000 and would only continue in force for a few weeks . |
| 7 | A stiff neck for a few weeks after a bump was tolerated in the past . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Leave the pot in a warm , dark place for a few weeks — the airing cupboard is best . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If her bullying ways persist , forget the mother-and-toddler group for a few weeks . |
| 15 | In January bring it back into a cool , airy room for a few weeks . |
| 16 | Failing that , should we put the grand EC official who is in charge of such policies — Mr. Legras — in a veal crate for a few weeks and see whether he changes his mind after that ? |
| 17 | Liz had continued to live at home with her parents , but she was now thinking about going to stay with her brother and his wife for a few weeks . |
| 18 | Just the two of us with nothing else to think about but each other for a few weeks . |
| 19 | Finally , remember to protect oxygenating plants with wide cylinders or domes of netting for a few weeks to prevent any fish from pulling them up before they 're established . |
| 20 | For the best way to job-hunt in Europe is by going to the country of your choice for a few weeks and signing up with several private employment agencies . |
| 21 | All she had to do was hold them at bay for a few weeks . |
| 22 | Lord John Russell was Foreign Secretary for a few weeks only in Aberdeen 's Coalition Government , when on 21st February , 1853 , he was replaced by George Villiers , fourth Earl of Clarendon ( 1800–70 ) who held the post until February 1858 , in both Aberdeen 's and Palmerston 's Governments . |
| 23 | It is a long way , yeah , yeah , but still , I mean if you do n't have a win for a few weeks then you have a hundred pound it 's ha |
| 24 | I had a meal out with a friend recently , and now we 've got mother into hospital for a few weeks so that I can take my husband away on holiday . |
| 25 | Oh good oh right so er so you can you can do project for a few weeks fairly solidly before the end of term course when deadlines start looming . |
| 26 | The women complained that the officer could only have been on the housing list for a few weeks , while they had waited for periods of between eighteen months and four years . |
| 27 | Rather than investing in a filter , it may be better to use bottled water if you are just avoiding tap-water for a few weeks . |
| 28 | In the event , the most important repercussion of the appointment was to deprive Kent of the championship , for it proved such a traumatic time for Cowdrey that his team lost their way for a few weeks , and missed the title by just one agonizing point . |
| 29 | But now we 're in the top erm position , we 've been in the top position for a few weeks now , it obviously erm makes you think that whether it 's a possibility . |
| 30 | A stranger who enters the land for a few weeks solely to do some work on it does not fall into this category . " |