Example sentences of "that [prep] [art] [det] weeks " in BNC.

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1 Part of him wants to get back to the security of home but he knows that after a few weeks there he might long for the contacts , communication and craziness of the multi-media scheme .
2 Preston shook his head , but it was true that within a few weeks of Mary Moxton 's death William 's mum had bought her first shop .
3 A government clearly that is split both politically and is totally incompetent the government 's majority is now down to eighteen and all the predictions are that within a few weeks it will be down to seventeen .
4 She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too .
5 My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so .
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