Example sentences of "[adj] weeks we " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Some weeks we will simply get a bottle of wine ; have a meal and be in bed by 8.30pm watching a film . |
2 | The White House spokesman , Mr Marlin Fitzwater , said yesterday that the troops would stay for ‘ as long as it takes , ’ while a subdued Defence Secretary , Mr Dick Cheney , added : ‘ Within the next few weeks we 'll be able to meet the objectives . ’ |
3 | And tragically , in the past few weeks we have seen the US and its Allies carry out over 44,000 sorties over a period of 20 days against the people of Iraq . |
4 | Each visit guaranteed he would leave behind some of his property and after a few weeks we 'd accumulated his record player , eight boxes of books and his Rupert Bear hot-water bottle . |
5 | ‘ During the last few weeks we have been to Kent for the filming . |
6 | Talks on privatising Deutsche Bundespost Telekom have entered a critical phase , with a key decision due next month , Germany 's postal and telecommunications minister Wolfgang Bosch told Reuter at Hannover on Friday : ‘ In a few weeks we will know whether or not there will be a change to the constitution , ’ he said , noting that decision will not only affect privatisation of Telekom but also Bonn 's position at the upcoming talks with the European Commission — an agreement on privatisation would pave the way for Bonn to approve the Community plan to open domestic and international telephone calls to competition ; the current strategy to get agreement from Germany 's opposition socialists is to win over the postal union , which so far rejects turning Telekom into a joint stock company for fear of massive job losses . |
7 | DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE WERE IN PRÉFLEUR WE spoke little . |
8 | Together , every few weeks we 'd dismantle the rig and transport it in sections a few hundred miles through swamps and desert and forest . |
9 | I guess that in referring to that issue in the past few weeks we have been guilty of understating the size of the problem . |
10 | That is why during the next few weeks we shall be embarked on considering the extent to which we can change it to the benefit of all . |
11 | for those first few weeks we could n't keep our eyes off each other . |
12 | " Everything has to be done as quickly as possible ; the only time we spend extra hours in the garden is over the few weeks we are entering competitions , just to make sure it looks at its best , " says Barbara . |
13 | Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers . |
14 | In a few weeks we can expect to see the likes of Boris Becker chomping away on a banana between sets at Wimbledon , and the saga of the Euro-banana versus the Dollar banana is likely to keep the fruit in the news . |
15 | well you know over the last few weeks we know that er |
16 | Can I just ask you , in the past few weeks we 've all heard , and in fact I 've cited some figures in this programme , that , you know , people have been staying away . |
17 | In the next 12 weeks we could lose the next general election . ’ |
18 | It is not just the six weeks we were shut down this summer and the loss of trade since , we are worried about the future . |
19 | Every five to six weeks we 'll send you a colour brochure about each new Vevay pack full of exclusive beauty products , every one specially matched to your skin type and colouring . |
20 | For the previous six weeks we had done nothing but make preparations ; buying the tickets , finding tenants for the house , and , hardest of all , putting the house in a fit state to receive tenants ! |
21 | And er then we erm we , we , we went on the wards for about two or three hours a day and we just s sort of did what we were told , took out drinks and , and that sort of thing , and mouthwashes , and after er we 'd been there for about six or eight weeks we were allowed to wash patients , if , if they could n't wash themselves . |
22 | For two blissful weeks we explored the islands : fishing , swimming , wandering over moorlands to distant trout lochs and seaweed-fringed pools , alive with silver sea-trout . |
23 | For three weeks we have no proper political events , of the sort that would earn a place on a news programme under normal circumstances . |
24 | Within the space of three weeks we were to experience two of the most important ceremonies of any legionnaire 's contract : the moment when he was presented with his white képi , and the celebrations surrounding Christmas . |
25 | For three weeks we were delayed in Cape Town , with hardly a passenger boat being able to sail , although one or two boats managed to sneak away but with fear of being black/egged on arriving at the next port of call . |
26 | ‘ In three weeks we will have the best ship , sir , and the finest crew in England . |
27 | But we we agree that after three weeks we should be should have completed it . |
28 | About another three weeks we should be out of the real winter sha n't we ? |
29 | My best memory when I was at Primary School was that I was a member of a Gymnastics club and for many weeks we rehearsed our routine to do in front of the school and parents . |
30 | Fine China we had a very poor first four months but then in May world sales were nine point nine percent ahead of last year and in the U S A over the last ten weeks we 've actually been ahead of nineteen ninety . |