Example sentences of "there [prep] a [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We were only there for a few weeks . |
2 | Anyway , after they 'd gone , I just hobbled round to me mates and stayed there for a few weeks . |
3 | ‘ Well , ’ said Li Shai Tung , brightening , ‘ why not take Jelka there for a few weeks ? ’ |
4 | ‘ = and they were going to stay there for a few weeks until their faces were off the front pages and they could tiptoe away . |
5 | But she has n't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill . |
6 | There may be some weathering her and there After a few weeks which to Willis , however , seemed like a few years , the broker 's solicitors made a conditional offer for the poor old barge , and finally agreed to pay £1500 , provided that Dreadnought was still in shipshape condition six months hence , in the spring of 1962 . |