Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a few weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 2 | Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs . |
| 3 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 4 | A small army of workers will be moving into C&A to start shop fitting in a few weeks ' time . |
| 5 | They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence . |
| 6 | However , delay sowing for a few weeks if conditions are poor . |
| 7 | The Hagen Biolife filter in our office tank has been running for a few weeks now , and one or two little problems have shown up . |
| 8 | Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers . |
| 9 | And finally , the man of the morning announced to more cheers that NeXT has joined the OMG and that NeXTStep 3.0 , shipping in a few weeks , is already fully OMG conforment mapping via IDL to the OMG object model . |
| 10 | HD-DOMS runs on Data General , Sun and IBM Corp workstations , and an HP-UX version will be shipping within a few weeks . |
| 11 | HD-DOMS runs on Data General , Sun and IBM workstations , and an HP/UX version will be shipping within a few weeks . |
| 12 | I used Vichy 's Hip and Thigh Massage Cream and I could actually feel the nodules of fat cells disintegrating after a few weeks of applying the cream daily , and the improvement became more and more obvious as I continued . |