Converse of object

• spend: It spent 38 weeks in the Top Ten in 1958.

• announce: Peter Black, the telecoms adjudicator, announced last week that the number of unbundled lines in the UK is nearing 500,000.

• publish: The draft animal welfare Bill published last week panders to the ludicrous British obsession with the cute and cuddly.

• come: In the coming weeks I will release the individual chapters of our manifesto for government.

• die: He was mortally wounded in that battle and died a week later, never seeing them again.

• follow: Skill NI was to be my work placement for the following week.

Preposition: post

• op: I'm six weeks post op and go in for my 6 week check up tomorrow.

Adjective modifier

• last: Last week, the show played to less than 40 percent capacity.

• next: Lets see over the next few weeks what effect all our efforts have made.

• few: Lets see over the next few weeks what effect all our efforts have made.

• past: Despite very wet during past week, water at bottom not backed up into dig.

• coming: SQA is on the move The Scottish Qualifications Authority will be moving to new premises in Glasgow over the coming weeks.

• several: There will be at least three such blocks of several weeks.

Modifies a noun

• period: We're working with CSV to support more charities in this two week period.

Noun used with modifier

• twelve: At Bradford a module has twelve weeks of teaching.

• fresher: At Manchester you go to Keswick before freshers week has even started so you make loads of friends straight away.

Preposition: before

• departure: Once full payment has been made, tickets and final travel timetable are normally issued two weeks before departure.

Preposition: in

• advance: Parties should be booked no later than two week in advance and paid for at the time of booking.

Preposition: of

• pregnancy: But these are normally used only within the first eight weeks of a pregnancy.

• receipt: We undertake to ship stock held items with in one week of receipt of order.