Example sentences of "for the [adj] few weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past few weeks President Najibullah has been meeting militia commanders from around the country offering them more weapons and money to maintain their loyalty and keep the roads open . |
| 2 | This is the church which has been the centre of opposition in East Berlin for the past few weeks . |
| 3 | EUROPE has been treated to high comedy for the past few weeks as governments , corporations and journalists have fallen all over each other in a made game of find-the barrels . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to feel the embrace of my fans , 100,000 of them , and I 'm waiting to face my rivals with confidence , ’ said the 25-year-old , who has been training in Sestriere for the past few weeks . |
| 5 | Mrs Phelps , who had been watching her with fascination for the past few weeks , now got up from her desk and went over to her . |
| 6 | However some employers must have moved more quickly , since the Scotsman for the same day carried the following report : The masters say they have engaged workmen from England who have proved equal to the occasion , while for the past few weeks an experiment was made with educated females at the case . |
| 7 | A friend of Gina 's , Julie O'Dea , was in charge of the tickets ; for the past few weeks , her flat had been a temporary box-office and she was running a tight ship ; all committee members who took tickets were responsible for the money they owed . |
| 8 | Luck had been on Cassie 's side up until now , for Stephanie had been working in Germany for the past few weeks and this circumstance had removed the necessity of proffering an invitation ; with , of course , the desirable Martin in attendance . |
| 9 | Just as hapless as the plundering Norse overlord he 'd been playing for the past few weeks ! |
| 10 | He has been studying German football , and Cologne in particular on satellite TV for the past few weeks . |
| 11 | She had established the fact that the real Delia Forbes was in Australia and that for the past few weeks someone else had been using her name and address ; because of her desperate desire to help Barney she had leapt to conclusions which could be hopelessly wide of the mark . |
| 12 | It 's been sitting on the forecourt of a garage just outside Ross on Wye for the past few weeks , and is gaining a considerable amount of interest from passers by … but as yet no one is very serious about buying it . |
| 13 | Watching on for the past few weeks have been a small handful of experts , among them Jim Railton of The Times , who 's been following the Boat Race for twenty years . |
| 14 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |