Example sentences of "it was [det] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was many weeks before their mother learnt where they were . |
| 2 | So it was many weeks before Ellie dared try the key in the lock . |
| 3 | It was many weeks before she regained her self-esteem . |
| 4 | It was some weeks before Bobbie took her brother and sister to meet the friendly engine driver and fireman . |
| 5 | This south-eastern quarter was to Stephen 's mind the least beautiful , but it was some weeks since he had been there and he liked to keep the whole of the moor under surveillance . |
| 6 | But it is seldom given as good an excuse for playing rough as it was this week by the blunder of the guerrilla force that has been fighting it for 23 years in Namibia and by the embarrassing unreadiness of the United Nations peacekeeping force to do its job of supervising the Namibian peace settlement . |
| 7 | on , I thought it was this week but it is n't it 's the seventeenth , so I rang Steve and he said I better . |
| 8 | Are you , are you sure it was this week , it was supposed to be ? |
| 9 | and there was one week that Pat came , because I used to get the meat off of the van by the gate then , and I do n't know what it was this week , but I bought the meat ready minced and when I come to give it to you , I knew there 'd be complaints , I do n't know what we were having |
| 10 | It was several weeks later . |
| 11 | It was several weeks before he was well enough to get out of bed . |
| 12 | It was several weeks before she realised that now that he was working he would not be free to walk about the neighbourhood . |
| 13 | She became seriously ill , and it was several weeks before Dr Kenneth would allow her out of bed . |