Example sentences of "week [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But over the succeeding weeks only a handful came out the rest chose to stay . |
| 2 | Three weeks nearly a month Sue mate . |
| 3 | Two weeks later a Jaguar crashed into the sea off Nairn , though the pilot ejected in time . |
| 4 | But two weeks later a friend in the motor trade serviced it for him and proclaimed the car to be in sound condition and a good deal . |
| 5 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
| 6 | Four weeks later a security officer was attacked as he was leaving a betting shop in Scotland Road with £2,000 . |
| 7 | Two weeks later a letter arrived from the solicitors for the archdiocese providing the assurance that we sought . |
| 8 | Four weeks ago a girl who worked for him , Diana Travers , was found drowned following a party given for his wife on her birthday , a party at which he was expected to be present . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A few weeks ago a friend took me back to Dieniolen , near Bangor . |
| 11 | Now a couple of weeks ago a man called Mr Lamont actually resigned I understand or was he sacked I 'm not quite sure , but when he disappeared off the scene , Mr Major said I am still keeping forward with my policies . |
| 12 | Two weeks ago a mother was seriously hurt in a crash while taking her three children to school on the A167 at Ferryhill . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened . |
| 14 | ‘ When Andy Saville broke his arm after signing two weeks ago a lot of people thought we would give up , but we pushed the boat out and bought John Thomas . |
| 15 | Five weeks earlier a bomb had gone off at the entrance to the underground car park below the flat he rented in central Hamburg . |
| 16 | A LUCKY corgi 's remarkable good fortune continues this week just a month after it was saved by a kindly Darlington couple . |
| 17 | A week later a mob set fire to a town hall in Chauri Chaura in the United Provinces , killing 22 policemen . |
| 18 | Mr Globe said that a week later a woman customer was seized in a National Westminster Bank in West Derby Road , by White who was armed with a gun . |
| 19 | Barely a week later an invitation had been made to him . |
| 20 | To relieve tensions in the week before a Cup tie , players were usually taken to Brighton , where the routine was golf on Monday morning , followed by sea-water baths , more golf , training sessions at Brighton FC 's ground and ( compulsory ) cinema visits in the evenings . |
| 21 | A week ago a man on the run had come into her house , he had been unkempt , his hair curling thickly about his face , he had not been as well groomed as the man standing before her now , but the breadth of shoulder was the same and something about the dark eyes staring into hers touched a chord . |
| 22 | Where a week ago a man could stand up to his full height behind them without being seen , now he had to stoop ; tomorrow , perhaps , he would have to get down on his hands and knees . |
| 23 | Boots says a supply of alkaline batteries for a personal stereo used for four hours a day , five days a week over a year will cost about £90 , while rechargeable batteries and a charger cost from £18 to £27 ( from selected branches of Boots ) . |
| 24 | In one week recently a fumigation trailer and two pest control vans were stolen , a Healthcare side-loader was broken into , there was an alleged poisoning of a dog by a Rentokil product , and a threat to contaminate cans of food with a Rentokil rodenticide . |