Example sentences of "have be [adv] a week " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been there a week when violence flared around his squad of green and frightened youngsters . |
| 2 | And when I came ashore — I 'd been there a week — he gave me ten bob . |
| 3 | Craig stared into the fire , it had been over a week since he had escaped from the prison , lying in the back of the van , smelling the fresh mouthwatering tang of bread and listening to the clip clop of the horses ’ hooves . |
| 4 | He had been dead a week before they realized he was n't breathing . |
| 5 | ( I 'm pretty certain I never believed that one , I mean the guy had been dead a week , for Pete 's sake . |
| 6 | Jakki had been there a week when , in true fairytale fashion , one of the regular disc jockeys upped and left . |
| 7 | Nevertheless on arriving in Sydney I was brought into the Theosophical Centre , and before I had been there a week found myself a very interested enquirer . |
| 8 | ‘ I must n't frighten you before you 've been here a week , ’ Hortensia said . |
| 9 | ‘ You have been here a week , Holly , I have been here one hundred times longer . |
| 10 | " It 's been quite a week . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been almost a week , now . ’ |