Example sentences of "nearly a week " in BNC.

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1 For nearly a week after the injury , whenever he was in Nikkie 's field of view , Yeroen would hobble pitifully , generating an air of pain and dejection .
2 Dr David Clark , Labour 's agriculture spokesman , said : ‘ It was entirely irresponsible of the ministry to allow farmers for nearly a week to feed contaminated material to animals .
3 So again in London we spent nearly a week setting up the microphones and rehearsing .
4 Miss Clinton stayed for nearly a week at Dale End before leaving to tour Scotland .
5 I 've spent nearly a week playing around with the Korg A2 and I feel I have n't done more than scratch the surface .
6 We stayed on the train for nearly a week , first being drawn down the track to Myinge where dear Jack Cardew took us into his house while the railway was repaired .
7 NEW ZEALAND , whose tour of Sri Lanka was delayed by nearly a week and then rescheduled after a bomb blast near their hotel , yesterday lost their opening game by 17 runs in Matara .
8 After they had virtually controlled the city for nearly a week , the Shanghai students scaled down their actions .
9 After instruction in the regulations of the ‘ prison ’ the volunteers were placed in it for nearly a week , and their reactions and behaviour observed .
10 ‘ I am extremely sorry to inform you of the death of poor Mary Flint — the haemorrhage from the stomach had ceased for nearly a week in consequence of which her other symptoms became aggravated .
11 They had n't let him go home for nearly a week ; there was no way he could have coped with his freedom or his family .
12 For nearly a week the fist of the frost has held tight to the land .
13 It was nearly a week before Ingrid dared to ask for a transfer to the officer 's mess .
14 Mary spent nearly a week working in the secret garden .
15 David did not in fact begin to relax his reserve until nearly a week after the telegram had arrived , when Julia judged it a suitable moment to say that she and Anthony would be making other plans for Easter .
16 ‘ They were on shore nearly a week , then Flint came back alone .
17 Cassie stayed at her family home for nearly a week , but on the Monday , with her parents due to leave the following morning , she packed her bags and prepared to go .
18 It was now nearly a week since Bill Sweet 's death on Sunday 2nd December , and Jacqui was still in great danger .
19 High blue skies above a fragment of one of Harry 's last carefree days , when Profitis Ilias and Heather 's disappearance lay in wait but unforeseen , nearly a week in the future .
20 She had been living in Crow Court off Vetch Street for nearly a week , and the narrow lives of the people among whom she found herself appalled her .
21 ‘ I 've been here nearly a week and I never thought to ask . ’
22 It was nearly a week now since she had sent it off .
23 Ever since he got ill — for nearly a week , I bet .
24 He 's been out for nearly a week .
25 She had n't been to see him for nearly a week , but that had happened before when the red-headed lout was staying at the farm .
26 We 've now spent nearly a week in Sian , and everything is fine .
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