Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] later [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sight of a photograph of a cancerous lung causes me to shrink with disgust from the very thought of smoking ; a few hours later the physical craving revives , obliterates the memory , and causes me to smoke again . |
| 2 | At about 7.45 ( ship time ) , they heard a major explosion and a few minutes later a searing hot blast of gas roared over St Pierre and the ships lying off shore , capsizing the steam ship Grappler , and rolling the Roraima so severely that she lost all her masts and smokestacks . |
| 3 | Puzzled , the girl went off , and a few minutes later a grey haired woman in black entered the cubicle . |
| 4 | A few minutes later the elderly owner of ‘ Primrose Cottage ’ was on the phone . |
| 5 | In a short time you 'll receive your new multipoint cashcard , and just a few days later a Great Escapes brochure displaying over 180 excellent hotels to choose from , together with your two FREE Great Escapes vouchers . |
| 6 | A few days later a Soviet commentary from Kabul indicated the limits of such ‘ neutrality ‘ in asserting that the PDPA ’ will remain the chief mobilising and guiding force in the [ Afghan ] government of national unity , even after it becomes a coalition ’ . |
| 7 | He returned a few days later a broken man . |
| 8 | A few days later a secret summit meeting of top Chinese and Vietnamese leaders took place in China , at which Cambodia was reportedly discussed in great detail [ see pp. 37712-13 ] . |
| 9 | A few days later a local man , George Fleming , wrote to Sir William to tell him that Mr. Millford had quitted all his pretensions in the le Fleming mines at Coniston to John Shaw , and that the next day Millford left the country ! |
| 10 | A few days later the victorious army entered Addis Ababa and paraded before the Empress Zauditu on Jan Meda , that great open space where Menelik had reviewed his troops . |
| 11 | But a few days later the Soviet Government organ admitted that ‘ possibly neutralisation would be conducive to the creation of a system of collective security in Asia ’ and that ‘ the proposal for this system is cherished by all those who seek the normalisation of the situation in Asia ’ . |
| 12 | A few days later the national press carried the headlines that the UM plants in the Midlands had now been made idle as a consequence of the Merseyside strike . |
| 13 | A few days later the previous owners sent her pedigree and a short letter , explaining that their grandchildren were to blame for Sorrel 's temper . |
| 14 | Purcell declared that in his first set of trio sonatas he had ‘ faithfully endeavour 'd a just imitation of the most fam 'd Italian Masters ’ , and a few years later a French writer , Le Cerf de La Viéville , complained bitterly of ‘ cette fureur de composer des sonates á la manière italienne ’ . |
| 15 | A few seconds later a smug , exhausted man in an impeccable business suit went staggering past . |
| 16 | She rang the bell , and a few seconds later the bent , withered figure of Jamie Shepherd appeared . |
| 17 | A few months later the decyphering organisation which had existed for not far short of two centuries also disappeared . |