Example sentences of "for the last [num] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOYZ II MEN are America 's hottest new band , with a single End Of The Road , which has been at No.1 there for the last NINE weeks , |
| 2 | Mark ‘ Zippy ’ Pretty has finally got over his mid-life crisis by red-pointing Mecca at Raven Tor , and has been celebrating continuously for the last six weeks . |
| 3 | ‘ From what he says , he has been in Amsterdam for the last six weeks , and rarely went far from the airport . |
| 4 | He has been off sick for the last six weeks and may never return to the job . |
| 5 | She says she wept nonstop for an hour during which she gradually began to realize that she had been out of her mind for the last six weeks . |
| 6 | The men claimed that for the last six weeks women and children had been ‘ assaulted and humiliated ’ during raids on houses in loyalist areas . |
| 7 | They had been having sexual intercourse about three times a day , every day , for the last six weeks , but Maisie still maintained that Robert was faking it . |
| 8 | Both players were brought in for the last six weeks of the season as McHale began to look ahead to next season when the Seasiders hope to mount a serious promotion push . |
| 9 | I do n't know then what we have been doing for the last four weeks , when we first asked . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Pat Nevin , our other scorer , has not been able to train properly for the last five weeks because of an ankle problem . ’ |
| 11 | Morgan has been looking for a white knight for the last two weeks since insurance broker Willis Faber announced it was selling its 20 per cent stake in the merchant bank to Banque Indosuez , part of Compagnie Financiere de Suez . |
| 12 | Investors have been expecting its publication for the last two weeks but are fearful it will be kept back for the week when Parliament goes into the Christmas recess . |
| 13 | I figured my body was telling me to rest , so I 've flopped around for the last two weeks eating steaks and drinking beef tea , and getting stronger every day . |
| 14 | Giant London toy shop Hamleys has been getting more than 500 calls a day for the last two weeks from people asking about Thunderbird toys . |
| 15 | In practice , student occupancy for the last week of the Christmas and Easter terms averages 50 per cent , while that for the last two weeks of the summer term is 33 per cent . |
| 16 | Other staff are laid off during holidays , except that they also work reduced hours ( approximately 50 per cent of the term-time totals ) for the last two weeks of July ( usually weeks 37–38 of the academic year ) . |
| 17 | During the early part of August , the haulier completed all the deliveries to English locations , leaving Bridgend , East Kilbride and Belfast for the last two weeks of August . |
| 18 | But for the last two weeks of the holidays I was continually feeling ‘ sick ’ and ‘ shaky ’ , and went back to school , weighing seven stone one pound . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've suspected for the last two weeks . |
| 20 | Keith has been in serious training for the last two weeks . |
| 21 | Cy left the cast and Michael came in for the last two weeks of rehearsals . |
| 22 | With surprise , Juliet realised he was referring to his hospital episode , when she had nursed him for the last two weeks of his stay . |
| 23 | Britain 's biggest flower show opened today , but for some people it 's meant a special outing for the last two weeks . |
| 24 | Every morning for the last two weeks staff from Gloucester City Council have picketted outside their North Warehouse office . |
| 25 | I 've been bowling in the nets for the last two weeks . |
| 26 | I have a part-time job , but I have been off sick for the last two weeks , because I ca n't keep my mind on it . |
| 27 | I have a part-time job , but I have been off sick for the last two weeks , because I ca n't keep my mind on it . |
| 28 | He admitted that he thought electors were sick of what seemed like endless campaigning , but for the last two weeks his home has been the headquarters for a hectic campaign office . |
| 29 | For the last two weeks we 've been sort of fine tuning and now everything 's going to plan . |
| 30 | FOR THE LAST three weeks , officials of the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control ( UNFDAC ) have been trying to sell thousands of tons of onions . |