Example sentences of "weeks [adv] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another friend said she would keep an eye on her , but four weeks later we had a phone call from her saying that Shamrock was desperately ill . |
| 2 | A few weeks later he suffered a heart attack , and on recovery was ordered complete rest . |
| 3 | Then three to four weeks later you press a button on a tap just like a wine box and out comes the lager or bitter or whatever . ’ |
| 4 | A few weeks later I had a letter from them , saying another man had visited them with a barn owl , but it was n't as good as Dawn . |
| 5 | Two weeks later it unveiled a deal with Intel and General Instrument , a telecoms-equipment maker , to produce a cable-TV converter that will allow America 's 60m cable subscribers access to interactive multimedia services , with software again based on Windows . |
| 6 | His firm sent him for a month to another part of the country , and at first he telephoned home every night ; but three weeks later she got a letter saying that he had met another woman and was planning to marry her as soon as possible . |
| 7 | A few weeks later there appeared a letter to the then prestigious Pall Mall Gazette from Sickert praising the move because there are more clothed than naked people in the world , they display a greater variety of shapes and colours , drawing or painting them does not require the high temperature ‘ which is extremely injurious to young people , and to women of whom the classes largely consist ’ and , most piquantly , because ‘ the absence of the nude model will eliminate a certain number of students who are drawn by mere curiosity . ’ |
| 8 | couple of weeks back she got a throat infection , I just wondered whether it had come back . |
| 9 | ‘ Two weeks ago we had a couple of so-called businessmen in the club , with their minder and the Roller parked down below . |
| 10 | Some weeks ago we sent a draft of a similar digest to a few Age Concern groups in order that we gain an appreciation of such a service and whether we should develop it further . |
| 11 | Three weeks ago they got a manager . |
| 12 | About two weeks ago I attended a conference , Women For Socialism . |
| 13 | Three weeks ago I found a lump in one of my breasts and since then I 've been paralysed with fear . |
| 14 | Only two weeks ago I watched a TV programme about the Hot House Flowers . |