Example sentences of "[prep] weeks [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mean — Add the weekly totals and divide by the number of weeks they cover . |
| 2 | After a couple of weeks they are recognizable as fish , sometimes transparent , sometimes bronze , but all eventually attaining their correct adult proportions and colours . |
| 3 | He started then with the money , because he had the giro , so I was getting into a mess again , was n't I. So for a couple of weeks we were paid separately . |
| 4 | In the last couple of weeks we have heard about the tragic death of Sergeant Alan King and Detective Constable Jim Morrison and we have seen the terrible injuries inflicted on their colleagues . |
| 5 | Well I maybe in a couple of weeks we might but I mean we like to keep it going and then because when it 's when you come on the show you 'd be such a be such a terrific let down |
| 6 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 7 | It certainly gave virtually no attention to the impact of erm issues from developing countries , and yet within a matter of weeks we 've had the energy problem bringing home directly to the reality of policy in Britain the need to understand and to establish new forms of economic relationships with developing countries . |
| 8 | ‘ When you have the Russian empire collapsing within a matter of weeks it seems ridiculous to say we can not move faster . ’ |
| 9 | The relation LECTURER-MODULE gives the module number ( each compulsory unit and option is termed a module ) the name of the lecturer presenting the module and the number of weeks it lasts . |
| 10 | No no I think there were all sorts , all ages , I I think just maybe some were more dedicated to the job and th certainly after a couple of weeks it was n't family if you like you know , family in inverted commas , there . |
| 11 | ‘ For the next couple of weeks it looks as though we 'll be living together . |
| 12 | Miss Honey did just that , and within a couple of weeks she had moved into The Red House , the very place in which she had been brought up and where luckily all the family furniture and pictures were still around . |
| 13 | Could it be that what he was feeling was a kind of envy , in the sense that he 'd brought her here , to a place that he felt he 'd made his own , and in a matter of weeks she 'd already grown closer to it than he could ever hope to be ? |
| 14 | has been up there nattering , it 's been noticed , so Norren come up to me today and she said oh er you do n't have to do upstairs she said , give it a couple of weeks she said and you wo n't have to do it any more |
| 15 | Last weekend well for a couple of weeks she 's been on a downer . |
| 16 | And then after a couple of weeks he still could n't get on with his computer , so he came back . |
| 17 | Within a matter of weeks he had put in place a constituent procedure entirely different from the parliamentary procedure of 1945 – 46 . |
| 18 | For a number of weeks he was unable to train with his colleagues , but in the past fortnight he has been able to step up his training . |
| 19 | For a number of weeks he was unable to train with his colleagues , but in the past fortnight he has been able to step up his training . |
| 20 | The first couple of weeks he had colic quite badly . |
| 21 | Bloody clouds of flies and biting things and humming whatsits and for the first couple of weeks you think how extraordinary , well it does n't matter getting bitten , everyone else is , except Matt with his NASA US-Govt issue personal mosquito repellent and corned-beef face-protector . |
| 22 | In a couple of weeks I 'll send her on a vacation . |
| 23 | After another wait of a couple of weeks I decided to add the Neon Tetras . |
| 24 | I think the problems we have defence in the last couple of weeks I 'm just pleased to have kept a clean sheet against them I think . |
| 25 | In a couple of weeks I think . |
| 26 | And the last couple of weeks I bought the cheaper ones . |
| 27 | Yes , yes , cos the first couple of weeks I mean she did n't sleep . |
| 28 | I can move me arm about and do me exercises and couple of weeks I 'll be getting fighting fit . |
| 29 | Couple of weeks I suppose . |
| 30 | Then , since then , with me being sick that time and what have you , she was in Cornwall the week her , the couple of weeks I was in |