Example sentences of "for many weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police have had the estate under video surveillance for many weeks . |
| 2 | It occurred to him that he had not worn his best clothes for many weeks ; not since that confusing afternoon when some of Buddie 's friends had rushed through the house carrying boxes , cases and sacks that must not be discovered when the police came to search the place . |
| 3 | The easiest is ‘ Wanda ’ with large purple-red flowers for many weeks in spring and it has a hose-in-hose version . |
| 4 | We had nothing at all to live on ; but one day I received a sum of money that we managed to divide up so that it lasted for many weeks , just so much a day . |
| 5 | Even the shirts which had been left for many weeks in my laundry out-tray responded to the punishment it dished out . |
| 6 | The rash may be barely visible , and may only be present for a few days , or it may be widespread and obvious and persist for many weeks . |
| 7 | Even this severe shaking , however , failed to cause alarm amongst the local people ; they had by that time been living with the eruption for many weeks , and it is remarkable just to what extent familiarity of even something as exceptional as a volcanic eruption can breed contempt . |
| 8 | Not only was the membership of Coleridge 's proposed household in doubt for many weeks , but also its exact location . |
| 9 | Unless a dancer was resident for many weeks at a theatre , it was difficult to get to know a prospective husband . |
| 10 | The discovery of more stable chemicals ( Table 3 ) — the true residual insecticides — which were sprayed on to the walls and roofs of dwellings and left a deposit that was lethal to mosquitoes resting on it for many weeks and even months , produced the ideal control that did not demand an impossibly high efficiency . |
| 11 | Once a ridge has developed , it often persists for many weeks . |
| 12 | Sometimes the ambivalence took an unexpected turn , as when the rebels under Odo , bishop of Bayeux , held the town and castle of Rochester for many weeks against his nephew , King William Rufus , in 1088 . |
| 13 | For many weeks she watched and noted their social behaviour without being spat at . |
| 14 | She used to pass my window for many weeks after that and not come in . |
| 15 | Parental care is often carried out for many weeks with no harm coming to the young , but you occasionally get a pair that are very prolific and , in their need to spawn they will often eat their previous brood . |
| 16 | Following such treatment , there was a significant change in the numbers of these organisms in the patients ' bowels and this change could last for many weeks or months , during which time the patient continued to improve . |
| 17 | Her favourite method is to seduce the fellow at a ball , then lead him to the garden between dances — the gardener will later find the body which appears , strangely , to have been immersed in lake-water for many weeks . |
| 18 | We talked for many weeks , and gradually he genuinely came to see my point of view and to agree that it made sense . |
| 19 | Neither is likely to return to action for many weeks . |
| 20 | The wood floated for many weeks , through the many days at sea many things happened like the strange shape it had formed from being slashed off by the sea . |
| 21 | Naturally an appeal was made by the McLaren team but the dispute was not resolved for many weeks . |
| 22 | Summer savory planted in patches is highly ornamental in flower , being covered with small , light purple flowers for many weeks , and accordingly festooned with bees with which it is very popular . |
| 23 | It was n't for many weeks after coming to Chesney that Peach ventured out . |
| 24 | He was held in a wretchedly depressing and isolating prison environment for many weeks while the legal process ground slowly on . |
| 25 | For many weeks Kee did not go back to the graveyard . |
| 26 | I 've been meaning for many weeks now to pass on 's French address , which filtered through to us in January — but of course you may already have had it from or heard from Janet yourself . |
| 27 | My best memory when I was at Primary School was that I was a member of a Gymnastics club and for many weeks we rehearsed our routine to do in front of the school and parents . |
| 28 | They are looking only at aggregates and pig iron and other goods which can be trundled around the railways for many weeks and do not need to reach their destination at any particular time . |
| 29 | The panic buying forced the Moscow city council on May 28 to announce a temporary ban on the sale of food and consumer goods in city shops to anyone unable to produce a Moscow residence permit ( such restrictions had already been operating for many weeks in Leningrad and a number of other cities ) . |
| 30 | OMT specimens can be kept for many weeks at room temperature without losing antibody reactivity . |