Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just in case any men out there still need to be convinced that cleanliness is next to Robert Redfordness , how about the tale of a friend of mine who was desperate to impress a woman he had been pursuing for weeks . |
| 2 | And lots of appointments to keep with solicitors , doctors and physiotherapists , appointments which I will be keeping for weeks and months . |
| 3 | The training at Achnacarry did not include living for weeks on end in a hole in the ground subjected to constant mortaring and sniper fire . |
| 4 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |
| 5 | It had been waiting for weeks . |
| 6 | Frankly some of the other things that have been going on weeks . |
| 7 | Towards which we 've been striving for weeks . |
| 8 | In addition to public holidays and privilege holidays which total 10½ days and are detailed in the Staff Handbook your annual leave allowance will be weeks days with pay , rising to weeks days with pay , rising to weeks days with pay , after years ' service . |
| 9 | In addition to public holidays and privilege holidays which total 10½ days and are detailed in the Staff Handbook your annual leave allowance will be weeks days with pay , rising to weeks days with pay , rising to weeks days with pay , after years ' service . |
| 10 | he 's wide awake for no reason , crying for weeks afterwards |
| 11 | Persistent truants , those truanting for weeks at a time , were seen as posing intractable problems for schools . |
| 12 | It 's been dripping for weeks and Timmy 's always falling about in the mud . ’ |
| 13 | This project was ‘ starting in weeks ’ in May 1989 , but is still under discussion . |
| 14 | Secret Agent is an excellent scrolling adventure game that should keep you playing for weeks . |
| 15 | If er there was a crisis and there was a need for a rush order er one would be talking of weeks for something that is predesigned to start coming off the production line . |
| 16 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
| 17 | yes you 've been promising for weeks |
| 18 | Doom Divers take their opportunity very seriously , practising for weeks by jumping off increasingly taller rocks , strengthening their arms by flapping their wings as they run about in circles , and getting trolls to throw them into the air . |
| 19 | Children , grandchildren , lots of relatives visiting for weeks at a time , always the doorbell ringing , with people coming from all over the world to see the Maggid . ’ |
| 20 | THEY had been nit-picking for weeks . |