Example sentences of "few week the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the next few weeks the thoughts continued to come and go . |
| 2 | In a few weeks the bird will be back in the fighting ring . ’ |
| 3 | In the next few weeks the size of the picket increased , reaching 2,500 on 23 June . |
| 4 | And sure enough , within a few weeks the inches disappeared . |
| 5 | After a few weeks the foal gains sufficient confidence to start establishing friendships with other foals , and as the weeks pass it will spend more time with them , and less with its mother — unless it is frightened , and then it will dash back to her side for security and reassurance . |
| 6 | For the next few weeks the male passes food for his entire family through this hole until the female breaks the wall down and leaves the hole to help him collect the increasing quantity of food demanded by the growing chicks . |
| 7 | Webbed feet were not designed for mountaineering , but after a few weeks the ducks had devised a method of hopping up the stairs one at a time , eating every morsel of bread along the way , until finally they were actually in my bedroom . |
| 8 | Within a few weeks the Minister Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , who is on record as saying that some of the works are in such poor condition that they can not be given away without loss of face , will come forward with a number of proposals . |
| 9 | In the past few weeks the government has once again blocked an attempt to give disabled people legal protection against discrimination . |
| 10 | In the next few weeks the scientists of the West were split into two groups : should or should they not try to make an H-bomb ? |
| 11 | For the last few weeks the baby inside her had been making itself felt . |
| 12 | For the first few weeks the cast used the bedrooms as dressing rooms . |
| 13 | Within a few weeks the disease had spread rapidly amongst the poorer people of Funchal , especially among the families of the boatmen . |
| 14 | For a few weeks the controversy featured in the national and even international press , up-market newspapers carrying spicy stories about the leading protagonists and confused attempts to explain the difference between structuralism and poststructuralism to the man on the Clapham omnibus . |
| 15 | After a few weeks the time log sheets are analysed for you by a specialist who duly reports back on how you have been spending your time . |
| 16 | Over the last few weeks the villagers had noticed how his moods changed from wild despair to feverish excitement . |
| 17 | Within a few weeks the office is flooded out with envelopes stuffed with cash . |
| 18 | After a few weeks the final — and expected — decision was made and Shanaz was sent back to Pakistan , frightened and uncertain about the future . |
| 19 | In the next few weeks the writing of that book was to be a lifebelt . |
| 20 | After a few weeks the female was observed ‘ glancing ’ off the side of the male and both were developing breeding coloration . |
| 21 | For the next few weeks the debate on the reforms rolled on . |