Example sentences of "[vb base] for [adj] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was convalescing after that last virus , my Good Samaritans in Cotherstone arranged for me to have the Meals on Wheels service for several weeks . |
| 2 | This is the longest stay recorded for any individual , but birds often remain for several weeks . |
| 3 | On Saturdays and Sundays she grew more sanguine , but the mood was dispersed on Monday morning with the prospect of enduring that place for another week — right through till Friday when all the managers wore tweeds . |
| 4 | Instead , control your impatience and wait for another week or so before testing the material again . |
| 5 | The championship is scheduled to start at the end of August and run for eight weeks . |
| 6 | They run for 10 weeks . |
| 7 | TV ads break nationally in late June and run for five weeks . |
| 8 | NEIL FOSTER faces an Essex fine for kicking stumps in anger but this weekend he could be punching the air in delight if he receives an England recall for next week 's second Test against Australia at Lord 's . |
| 9 | NEIL FOSTER faces an Essex fine for kicking stumps in anger but this weekend he could be punching the air in delight if he receives an England recall for next week 's second Test against Australia at Lord 's . |
| 10 | For example , if you suddenly feel unwell after eating , either cut out the food you suspect for several weeks before trying it again , or if you are confused about which food or drink may be causing the problem , go back onto the Stage I diet for a week or so . |
| 11 | The attractive plants flower for one week in late June/early July and are found only at a few sites in the New Forest . |
| 12 | She should now aim to be 1 lb ( 0.5 kg ) below her starting weight on most days ; she should reduce sugar on cereal to just one teaspoon ; she should use less meat when making up meat meals like stews , using more vegetables instead ( this is as well , of course , as maintaining the goal for fat reduction from Week 1 ) ; she should have salted meat or salted fish only three times a week in total ( you will remember that salt goals last for two weeks each ) ; she should have one or two pieces of fresh fruit each day ( this is as well as the goal for Week 1 , having pulses with one meal each day ) ; she should have a brisk twenty-minute walk each day . |
| 13 | The truce will start on Sunday and last for two weeks . |
| 14 | Typically la last for one week ? |
| 15 | Repeated training can cause changes that last for several weeks . |
| 16 | Perkins , 17 , schoolboy son of Burscough boss Russ , impressed Stoke manager Lou Macari and is all set for another week in the Potteries over Christmas . |
| 17 | According to Computerworld , it has said that at the next APPN Implementors ' Workshop , set for this week , it will seek input from other vendors on how to set priorities for future enhancements , and it has set the price for reverse engineering the code at $25,000 , a lower figure than many had predicted . |
| 18 | If you are likely to visit regions where malaria is rife then you need to start anti malarian medication at least two weeks before your visit , during your visit and continue for four weeks after your return . |
| 19 | The benefit can start either four , 13 or 26 weeks after the policyholder is incapacitated and payments continue for 52 weeks . |
| 20 | Miss Maynard , a maternity nurse said to be the best on a well-known agency 's list , was due to arrive at Hillmarden House on October 20th and stay for six weeks — a little longer than the usual period . |
| 21 | New arrivals are welcomed each week by the old hands , since most stay for two week holidays . |
| 22 | New arrivals are welcomed each week by the old hands , since most stay for two week holidays , though one week holidays are available in early and late season . |
| 23 | New arrivals are greeted each week by old hands , since most stay for two week holidays . |
| 24 | ( You shoot for three weeks , he points out , and three weeks later your work is being distributed to an audience larger than any cinema film short of Batman could hope to reach . ) |
| 25 | bollocks you go for two weeks , no you can |
| 26 | if you go for one week it 's sixty eight pounds |
| 27 | We 'd often make the owd gel go for twenty-four weeks without coming to us . |
| 28 | ask for next week . |
| 29 | At dinner a military band played ; the governor 's wife was ‘ a very agreeable woman , with an uncommonly mild and sweet tone of voice ’ , and the governor told Johnson and Boswell that ‘ the Arabs could live for five days without victuals , and subsist for three weeks on nothing else but the blood of their camels , who could lose so much of it as would suffice for that time , without being exhausted . ’ |
| 30 | Ahead for the first time , McManus wrapped up a revenge win for last week 's 5-4 Nescafe Asian Open defeat with further runs of 94 and 75 . |