Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 2 | This situation carried on for a few weeks , she would try to talk but always just ended up leaving some food on the step . |
| 3 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 4 | If Baldwin met Parliament , Lloyd George might keep the Conservatives in for a few weeks to humiliate them . |
| 5 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 6 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |
| 7 | Ask Lina if she 'd like to come up and help out for a few weeks ? |
| 8 | In one instance , a stock of thousands of BBC props had been sold off this year for £75,000 yet the BBC later spent £1,100 renting just three items back for a few weeks . |
| 9 | How do you know this is love , your prose side whispers like a sceptical lawyer , it 's only been around for a few weeks , a few months . |
| 10 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |