Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] a few weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is done in spring or early summer on outdoor plants , and rooting may take up to a year ; pot plants are layered any time and should root in a few weeks . |
| 2 | Well I thought if I get one this size , that will do for a few weeks rather than take some of them home and mess about better than there 's a big packet like a big one at home I 've just opened this morning so it 's |
| 3 | Why do the Government continue to extol the virtues of this obnoxious Gummerburger food culture instead of instituting an independent food standards agency as the Labour Government will do in a few weeks ' time ? |
| 4 | In the Sheriff Court the adjustment period can range from a few weeks to a few months , depending on the whim of the Sheriff . |
| 5 | ‘ It has got to a stage where I am not looking ahead to what might happen in a few weeks or a few months . |
| 6 | The water-soluble vitamins , however , are not usually stored in the body in any great amount , so deficiency can develop within a few weeks or months if the diet is poor . |
| 7 | Almost all of them will die within a few weeks of being shed . |
| 8 | It 's nothing you , you know even if you only can manage for a few weeks . |
| 9 | Clerk to the justices Robert Whitehouse said the £400 screens should arrive within a few weeks . |
| 10 | At present , however , there is a student gap , which may last for a few weeks or a few months , separating the exemptions from the day on which a person enrols on a full-time course of education . |
| 11 | Courses can last from a few weeks to several months depending on what you want to achieve . |
| 12 | The iodine-131 deposited on the ground would decay in a few weeks . |
| 13 | If his pains do n't subside within a few weeks , he really ought to see the doctor . |