Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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1 | By contrast , most privately rented accommodation is not available for short periods ( say for a few weeks while a house purchase is carried out ) . |
2 | We hope within a few weeks to move the pair of south bound stops on Clerk Street a little to the north . |
3 | All anencephalus children are either miscarried , die stillborn , or die within a few weeks of life . |
4 | Research has shown that some old people can not survive the emotional shock of moving to the Home and die within a few weeks . |
5 | I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat . |
6 | The adults live for a few weeks , but the " juvenile " stage ( technically " nymphs " rather than larvae ) lasts for 13 years ( in some varieties ) or 17 years ( in other varieties ) . |
7 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
8 | Here she continues : ‘ A Mr. Lewis , an historic painter from London , come for a few weeks on a jaunt of pleasure , played on the piano for us . |
9 | The unusual job I have for a few weeks is to collect unpublished or limited circulation material for whizzkid computer boffins in Oxford to tag and analyse on computers . |