Example sentences of "for a fortnight " in BNC.
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| 1 | My illness kept me out of action for a fortnight so it was fully three weeks after the demise of my job before I finally went down to my local Department of Employment offices and ‘ signed on ’ . |
| 2 | Cusworth , England 's former stand-off who still turns it on for the Tigers , leaves for a fortnight 's holiday next week . |
| 3 | Neath 's outside-half Paul Williams , who scored 268 points last season , is out for a fortnight with a rib injury and replaced by Jason Ball , who is the son of the club coach , Glen , and was once on Arsenal 's books . |
| 4 | A package price of £700 for a fortnight is typical . |
| 5 | A whirl of oratory for a fortnight . |
| 6 | The idea was that I 'd go for a fortnight but when I got there she gave me the bum 's rush so I spent a couple of miserable days in France and then hared it back to England . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm off canoeing in the Rockies for a fortnight with Mr Robinson . |
| 8 | Constitutionally , the prime minister may assume the functions of head of state for a fortnight . |
| 9 | The Chiefs of Staff took the unusual step of going down to the Royal Naval College , Greenwich , in the late spring of 1952 , where they worked for a fortnight on Churchill 's requirement with their principal scientific and technological advisers , free from the day-to-day hubbub of Whitehall . |
| 10 | Clap your hands once every five minutes for a fortnight , to keep hungry birds off . |
| 11 | We agreed to have him for a fortnight but when the time came he refused to go , and would be with us yet if it had not been for the First World War and your father having to go … |
| 12 | Rather to the surprise of my new employers , since I had been so eager to work for them , I told them I should not be able to start for a fortnight ( I needed to recover , being exhausted by my burden of guilt ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Mum , why do n't you give yourself a treat and go to Benidorm for a fortnight ? |
| 14 | Dealers pointed the finger at Credit Lyonnais Laing , which has been chasing the stock for a fortnight and whose paper and packaging expert , Henry Poole , has spotted the company 's recovery potential , advising clients to get in quick . |
| 15 | Mason retreated to Howard on the Clearwater where the one-armed General idled for a fortnight , allowing the Nez Perce to trail out of his jurisdiction . |
| 16 | Also , as with most undiscovered places , it wo n't put too big a hole in your pocket even for a fortnight . |
| 17 | She had tossed and turned — as she had for a fortnight — thinking of Amy , full of foreboding . |
| 18 | ‘ Since you had not been here for a fortnight , ’ he said , ‘ I assumed that you had completed your enquiries . ’ |
| 19 | He was in Peru for a fortnight with his tall , red-cheeked friend , a.k.a . |
| 20 | I had taken a package tour to Moscow and Leningrad primarily for the White Nights Festival of the Arts in June — an annual event of Soviet cultural life when the sun hardly sets for a fortnight and old men sit in the public gardens for half the night playing speed-chess . |
| 21 | The search continued for a fortnight . |
| 22 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 23 | In the meantime , and for a fortnight in the summer of 1936 , I enjoyed the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains , staying at Banff Springs Hotel and later at Chateau Lake Louise . |
| 24 | For a fortnight , in March 1949 , the Reverend James Wisheart , Superintendent of Evangelism , conducted a very successful mission . |
| 25 | With my form filled in , I phoned : ‘ I want to come for a fortnight , but the problem is , I have a book to finish . |
| 26 | So I did , just for a fortnight , but it was fourteen miles there in the morning , and fourteen back at night , and I 'm afraid I threw in the sponge ! |
| 27 | To get started on the making of the wine you needed three or four bees which were freely available from friends or neighbours , you filled a jam jar with water to about half an inch from the top , added two desert spoonfuls of sugar , placed the ‘ bees ’ on the water , covered with muslin and waited for a fortnight . |
| 28 | The baths were closed for a fortnight at least , for a complete disinfection , a change of water , much stronger chlorification and new instructions for the cleansing of the feet of would-be bathers and a thorough check-up of the much higher chlorine addition . |
| 29 | As part of their preparations for the Olympic Games , the Olympic Racing Squad were due to fly to Florida last month for a fortnight 's training camp . |
| 30 | Thanks to what Breeze had earned , they were able to rake up the fares — and now here they were , on their way to a remote Devonshire village with just enough money to keep them going for a fortnight or so . |