Example sentences of "for [adj] [subord] a week " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Czechoslovakia 's quiet revolution came last November , reform communism was on the menu for less than a week . |
| 2 | The woman had been in the country for less than a week when she went to the beach at Umgababa , just south of Durban , after breakfast on Tuesday . |
| 3 | In semelparous forms , which breed only once , there is often a sudden loss of function after reproduction ; adult mayflies live for less than a week , and male Pacific salmon show catastrophic senescence after their single breeding attempt . |
| 4 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
| 5 | Guests were informed that Accounts would be rendered weekly and ‘ Visitors for less than a week are charged 1 shilling per day extra ’ and that the Swimming Pool opened ‘ Daily at hours which can be ascertained from the office . ’ |
| 6 | I 've known the wretched man for less than a week ! |
| 7 | Up in the desolate Arctic region of Vorkuta , site of perhaps Stalin 's most infamous Gulag camp , miners in nine of the area 's 13 pits have been on strike for more than a week against dismal living conditions , and the bureaucracy of the Communist Party and Soviet government . |
| 8 | And if some did , the answer was No — or Not for more than a week . |
| 9 | For more than a week , a group of grey-suited former communists has played with the nation 's future with an irresponsibility and spite that would be risible were it not so dangerous . |
| 10 | If it meant being away from the family for more than a week it was out . |
| 11 | For more than a week before the great day we were collecting anything that would burn and literally dozens of individual fires began taking shape in what was known amongst boys as ‘ The Crot ’ . |
| 12 | Suzanne , 16 , was stripped naked and set alight after allegedly being kidnapped and held captive for more than a week in a house in Moston , Manchester . |
| 13 | Department of Health and Social Services staff throughout Northern Ireland walked out in protest over the attack , and many offices remained closed for more than a week . |
| 14 | Taylor wo n't know until tomorrow whether David Batty of Leeds is fit , while Paul Gascoigne , despite his wonder goal in Seville , has been suffering from 'flu for more than a week . |
| 15 | For more than a week we had suffered high-pressure gloom in the south of England but on the day of my flight we enjoyed 8/8 blue with not a bump in the air — Wing Commander 's weather ! |
| 16 | At most I get just enough to wet the bottom of the collection cup , and sometimes none for more than a week . |
| 17 | You wo n't be able to keep it up for more than a week . ’ |
| 18 | Mum and Dad did n't find out about Flupper and us for more than a week . |
| 19 | It frightens me , sir — I 've been frightened for more than a week now , and I just ca n't go on any longer . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ How will you ever meet a prospective father for your children if you 're never in one place for more than a week or two ? ’ |
| 21 | You can see there has n't been a woman in this house for more than a week . |
| 22 | ‘ Have n't seen hair nor hide of a copper for more than a week now , ’ observed the Commander cheerfully . |
| 23 | After I come back to take over the club again , you wo n't be in it for more than a week or two at a time . ’ |
| 24 | Today a couple are on trial for cruelty to a dog , which starved to death after being left in a flat in gloucester for more than a week without food or water . |
| 25 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 26 | Kitty never seemed to be able to hold down a job for more than a week at a time , but somehow she was still better dressed than any of us . |