Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] for [adj] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am away for four weeks . |
| 2 | When I go abroad on holiday , I think : I 'm here for two weeks , I can either sit here fully dressed for a whole fortnight , or I can take my leg off and jump in the pool . |
| 3 | I 'm here for three weeks , barring accidents or terminal boredom . |
| 4 | Because it 's there 's if I 'm there for three weeks and they only want a score card done then my potential earnings er total earnings are that but I 'm there anyway so if I 'm getting both of them done then I can earn a lot more money . |
| 5 | I was in for two weeks , during which I had a wide variety of tests . |
| 6 | Yes but the , the general ones we 've got in those flip you know when I was off , when I had my cartilage removed in my knee , well I was off for six weeks so I got all the photographs and put them in order , the children and us , you know ? |
| 7 | I was there for two weeks . |
| 8 | I was there for 6 weeks before the German Paratroops arrived ’ . |
| 9 | If you are away for several weeks your phone bill should be much lower than normal and you will automatically receive a Low User Rental Rebate . |
| 10 | Now this time we 're here for four weeks so it would probably be that they want to get everybody through this time without anybody escaping the net . |
| 11 | in Barbados and er some young chaps had saw me lying on the beach and er they stole my bag and they stuck a gun in my face and freeze lady , you do n't do any thing , you just let them take what they want and its a horrible feeling when your there , we were there for three weeks and it just totally spoiled the holiday but the ramifications of it do n't just stop once you got on the plane home , it was very frightening |
| 12 | It 's only for three weeks till you get your skiing over with . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's here for eight weeks and hopefully by the end of his stay he will be able to walk . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't know why , if he gets put on a murder case he 's there for three weeks in a hotel , it 's easy he said well I , you 'll be able to come over if you want to it 'll be like sitting at work , no one will know |
| 15 | He 's home for ten weeks . |
| 16 | It was n't for many weeks after coming to Chesney that Peach ventured out . |
| 17 | He told her it was only for three weeks , by which time the mortgage would be through . |
| 18 | Mrs. O'Brien said that she believed what her husband told her about the company doing well and having good potential , but she was concerned for her son and felt that it was only for three weeks , and if it would do the trick , she would sign . |
| 19 | It was only for another week . |
| 20 | He was away for three weeks . |
| 21 | He was off for ten weeks . |