Example sentences of "for a fortnight " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lady Paignton , too , found various jobs for the girls , as Mrs Dare had prophesied , and when her son Tony came home for a fortnight , things began to hum in another direction . |
| 32 | And then we would get the evangelists staying for a fortnight at a time , holding services every night asking people to come forward and rededicate themselves . |
| 33 | An ankle tendon injury , suffered at practice on the very day he completed his century at Durham , side-lined Smith for a fortnight but he is most certainly a name to watch this summer . |
| 34 | Ironically , it happened when a party was staying at the Salvation Army Sailors ' Hostel for a fortnight before going on to Dovercourt , at the kind invitation of Major and Mrs Parker . |
| 35 | Hans was sent to Bournemouth for a fortnight . |
| 36 | She gave Changez a considerable backhander across his wobbling chops , which shut his mouth for a fortnight , during which he miserably carried his bruised jaw to his camp-bed — that raft in a storm — and did n't speak . |
| 37 | He waited for a fortnight after the heavy snowfall of late November and still nothing appeared to have been said with regard to Sarah 's move to Leeds . |
| 38 | The South Sussex team was also more than compensated by the rock solidarity of a boy called Paul Hedley at back , and the dazzling Sherwood brothers , Randolph and Merlin , who 'd pulled out of high goal polo for a fortnight to piss it up with the Pony Club . |
| 39 | I am sure that if I had been his secretary for a fortnight I should have wanted to poison him , not marry him … yes , I should have run round to the chemist 's for threepennyworth of poison after a very short time . |
| 40 | I remember Ivy telling me that she and Margaret were ill for a fortnight when something of the sort threatened them — and I doubt if they were also blasted in the affections … . |
| 41 | They heard the tapes of Zack on the phone to Quinn , the rasping tones of the British criminal and the reassuring drawl of the American trying to appease him , as they had done almost every day for a fortnight . |
| 42 | Since taking up running and cycling two years ago , I have suffered the ravages of chest infections , colds , blisters , aches , pains , general wibbly-wobbliness , strained ligaments ( which kept me on crutches for a fortnight ) and I 've never felt better ! |
| 43 | Two police forces and an airline took part in the 350-mile dash to make sure newlyweds Mark and Jan Hemmingway jetted off for a fortnight in the Seychelles . |
| 44 | She had come with her little boy of four to stay for a fortnight because the van Goghs felt so sorry for her . |
| 45 | Matron said I had to go to bed early for a fortnight . |
| 46 | By then , the team will have marched 10 miles a day for a fortnight to reach base camp and endured temperatures of -40C and galeforce winds — with only tents for shelter . |
| 47 | He will be out of action for a fortnight and misses Friday 's Test against Wales . |
| 48 | Yesterday Pat and 22 pals from Britain 's friendliest street jetted off to Greece for a fortnight away from everything — except the neighbours . |
| 49 | Crosby reassured Byrne yesterday after the Republic of Ireland marksman was forced to pull out of the international squad with a calf injury that will sideline him for a fortnight . |
| 50 | New Kiwi centre signing Kevin ‘ The Beast ’ Iro , who flew in on Thursday , has been caged because of a damaged ankle which will keep him out of action for a fortnight . |
| 51 | United keeper Simon Tracey was last night ruled out for a fortnight as understudy Alan Kelly mounted a takeover bid . |
| 52 | ‘ Now he will be banned for a fortnight . ’ |
| 53 | I 've rented it for a fortnight . |
| 54 | He was to go to Brighton for a fortnight in another play , in 1950 , A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry , whose well-wrought and ‘ difficult ’ verse dramas had so unexpectedly caught the taste of the public . |
| 55 | It had rained for a fortnight when he , his wife and two children took up residence in the 12 room Ben Alder Lodge . |
| 56 | Ottaviani stayed away for a fortnight . |
| 57 | The home side have lost Mike McEvoy with a shoulder injury he collected in the Essex Amateur XI 's match against Hertfordshire on Sunday and is expected to be out of action for a fortnight . |
| 58 | The home side have lost Mike McEvoy with a shoulder injury he collected in the Essex Amateur XI 's match against Hertfordshire on Sunday and is expected to be out of action for a fortnight . |
| 59 | The painting , which has undergone restoration lasting three years without being moved from its place in the Salle des Fëtes housing Italian Renaissance works , was ripped in five places on 3 June , although the Louvre kept the information secret for a fortnight . |
| 60 | Then I was in the hospital for a fortnight and they gave me Librium and I was really ill at that time . |