Example sentences of "in a [det] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a This Week interview screened by Thames Television in June , Mr Ryan , 59 , admitted he was a republican sympathiser and that he had bought electronic equipment , which it is alleged found its way into IRA bombs . |
| 2 | In a few weeks ' time , the fallen leaves will have risen from ankle to knee deep . |
| 3 | The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years . |
| 4 | ‘ Is there a potential on the Earth now , ’ Tooley asked , ‘ for catastrophic , subglacial floods raising sea level by 23cm in a few weeks or several metres in a few years ? ’ |
| 5 | Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks . |
| 6 | Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks . |
| 7 | Korea 's Samsung will start doing so in a few weeks . |
| 8 | The president tried to soothe the unions by promising that , as inflation drops to zero in a few weeks , real pay will increase . |
| 9 | This was the ‘ phoney war ’ period and everyone drank to peace in a few weeks . |
| 10 | We will know the details in a few weeks ’ time . |
| 11 | It is done in spring or early summer on outdoor plants , and rooting may take up to a year ; pot plants are layered any time and should root in a few weeks . |
| 12 | If you have had a weight problem for a long time , do not expect a miracle in a few weeks . |
| 13 | The sergeant 's parting shot was , ‘ I suppose you 'll be in the desert in a few weeks ’ time disguised as a Bedouin . ’ |
| 14 | But in a few weeks they were allowed to return because Mossad had threatened to stop giving MI6 any more information about Arab terrorism . |
| 15 | When she visited us with her boyfriend and said that she would be able to take Susan in a few weeks , we had to disguise our emotions . |
| 16 | You leave school in a few weeks and you 've got to make yourself a living . |
| 17 | Often the drive surface is just skimmed with tarmac which breaks up in a few weeks . |
| 18 | ‘ You see , Brownies , this hall is being pulled down in a few weeks ' time and new houses put up in its place , and there just does n't seem to be anywhere else for us to meet . |
| 19 | One evening at Pack Meeting Beegee , which was the name the Pack had made up for their Guider out of the initial letters B and G of Brownie Guider , told the Brownies that the County Girl Guides ' Fete was to be held in a few weeks ' time in Morley Park and that the 3rd Shortfields Pack must think what to do to help make the fete a huge success . |
| 20 | Green made another appeal in the Mercury in October 1793 , saying that his plan would be ready in a few weeks , but it was not in fact published until late in 1794 . |
| 21 | He was also ensuring that their first record , The Bride of Christ , would be out in a few weeks . |
| 22 | We will be reporting back in a few weeks ' time about this case and whether we have achieved a lasting and muzzle-free peace treaty between the battling Yorkies ! |
| 23 | Jonna was not slow to remind them that he and Maisie hoped to see them at their wedding , due in a few weeks ' time at Easter . |
| 24 | ‘ It has got to a stage where I am not looking ahead to what might happen in a few weeks or a few months . |
| 25 | More is accomplished in a few weeks through revival than is accomplished in years of ordinary labours . |
| 26 | It was agreed with the Prince that the interview would take place at Broadlands where he would be staying with the Brabournes in a few weeks ' time . |
| 27 | Nurse Eileen Farragher said : ‘ Physically he 'll be okay to go back to work in a few weeks — but mentally he 's still shocked . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Clive Griffiths , the Welsh coach , may persuade me to play against France in a few weeks ' time but I have made up my mind to call it a day , ’ he said last night . |
| 29 | Selina , 40 , has also pulled out of hosting the British Fashion Awards — whose guest list includes the Duchess of Kent — in a few weeks . |
| 30 | MONSTROUSLY EPIC , hypnotic UK hard house due out in a few weeks . |