Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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1 | Last year , Britain hosted within a few weeks of each other the Moscow City Ballet , Moscow Classical Ballet , Moscow Ballet La Classique and the Russian State Ballet . |
2 | ‘ I did n't understand what he meant , and nothing happened for a few weeks , so I did not feel so worried . |
3 | Sniffed for a few weeks or months . |
4 | It 's not like the prayers that we heard about a few weeks ago , from Paul 's letters to Timothy and Philemon , where he was addressing an individual . |
5 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
6 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |
7 | He retained the Treasurership , but died within a few weeks of his retirement thereby bringing to a sudden end a lifetime 's service to deaf people . |
8 | He persuaded her to bring her husband home , where he died within a few weeks . |
9 | Victoria 's open face , freckled from a few weeks in the Mediterranean sun , was clouded with bewilderment . |
10 | And I learned after a few weeks that how he got this was There was no weather forecast as we know them now you know on the television . |
11 | China was even worse : ‘ I was sorely grieved that heathendom had so strong a hold over [ this rich country ] , ’ he wrote after a few weeks in Qanjanfu . |
12 | No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer |
13 | So I stayed on a few weeks and erm then I went back to London |