Example sentences of "[coord] a few weeks [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tests at very high temperatures need be , and should be , continued for only a short period , i.e. , for days or a few weeks rather than months . |
| 2 | They were a captive audience for the beautiful satin and silk and a few weeks later their mothers would be complaining to Mr Smith that their weekly pound had not been received . |
| 3 | Cottle was interested and a few weeks later was invited to London where he was offered a job in the Foreign office , doing something , somewhere . |
| 4 | After talking to the Pan Am legal team in London , I flew back to the States to be with my family , and a few weeks later , the DEA did do something more drastic . |
| 5 | It 's very much concerned with the training and Ministry of Elders and a few weeks ago a part of our programme we held a very successful and lively meeting on the subject of church membership . |
| 6 | That same summer , the Club 's Professional Fred Rhodes , enjoyed an impressive three rounds in two days — 70 , 70 and 72 , and a few weeks earlier he grossed a 65 , simultaneously beating every best ball of his three playing partners who in best combination returned a 72 . |
| 7 | Fraction of a second And a few weeks earlier there was a similar incident with a child in a bed er and er all our minds were on that as well . |
| 8 | He received an immediate apology , but a few weeks later the picture turned up again — this time accompanying a feature on prostitution in Paris . |
| 9 | There were other cases where the name of the rape survivor was not disclosed in the first press report but a few weeks later , the name would suddenly appear in front of several million readers . |
| 10 | ‘ But a few weeks later I rang Eddie 's house to see if he would give me a lift to work and Paula answered the phone . ’ |
| 11 | Over the years you get called all kinds of things , but a few weeks ago I reached new heights . |
| 12 | But a few weeks ago our youth rugby team could n't raise a side because the golf club was holding a junior scratch championship on the same day . |
| 13 | But a few weeks earlier he had tentatively approached his departmental head to point out that the qualification which had got him his original interview was a first-class degree in French and Spanish , and that perhaps these abilities might be harnessed to the service of the business . |