Example sentences of "[prep] [art] past [adj] weeks [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's been there for the past two weeks but now he 's gone to l get a house . |
| 2 | It was how it had been for the past two weeks and the young woman tried to ignore her protesting muscles and her aching back as she stared into the hearth and watched the tiny flames flickering in and out of the carefully banked-up grate . |
| 3 | Luck had been on Cassie 's side up until now , for Stephanie had been working in Germany for the past few weeks and this circumstance had removed the necessity of proffering an invitation ; with , of course , the desirable Martin in attendance . |
| 4 | Barnet players have not been paid by the club for the past three weeks and , although the Professional Footballers ’ Association have moved in to pick up the £30,000 tab , £80,000 in promotion bonuses remains unpaid . |
| 5 | On behalf of the 400 men from Sherwood who work at Gedling , I thank my hon. Friend for his endless time and effort , not only during the past few weeks but over years , to keep that colliery open . |
| 6 | They also played down the role of Sir Alan Walters , the Prime Minister 's personal economic adviser , in the critical decisions to intervene heavily in the past two weeks and raise interest rates to protect the pound last Thursday . |
| 7 | They have advanced down the Asmara road in the past four weeks and are now reported to be operating south of Dese . |
| 8 | Some of the more broadly-based share indices have suffered sharper losses in the past few weeks and analysts believe the Dow could soon match these declines . |
| 9 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary have talked with housing authorities throughout the country in the past few weeks and we have been interested to find out that many local authorities have land banks which they are not prepared to make available to housing associations . |
| 10 | I outlined what my message had been over the past two weeks and would be at the Party Conference — that we stood by the National Health Service and had no intention of moving over to a new system of finance . |
| 11 | ‘ London may have faced the brunt of their criminal acts over the past few weeks but the attacks in Manchester clearly show that the IRA is prepared to strike anywhere , ’ he said . |
| 12 | You did n't have to be an angry young man to look around the car industry over the past few weeks and despair of ever hearing any good news . |
| 13 | His parents had detected a smell in the room over the past few weeks and had noticed a damp patch . |
| 14 | Rigney has been training quietly on his own over the past few weeks and believes that he will be back in action in the New Year for Greystones . |
| 15 | He wrote : ‘ Thanks for your hospitality over the past few weeks and for helping me see where I have gone wrong . ’ |