Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] later [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 A few minutes later Mr Saleb emerged .
2 A few minutes later Wayne McDowell , he played the ball out to brother Gary again , whose hard low cross was scrambled clear by the Almondsbury defence to back to Wayne McDowell whose lob shot ended up resting in the top of the netting .
3 A secretary showed me into an ornately furnished drawing room and a few minutes later Sir George came in .
4 A few minutes later Sir Richard came down , closely followed by Lady Isabella and Buckingham .
5 In mediaeval Britain it was eaten in very large quantities , often raw , and a few centuries later William Shakespeare commented unfavourably on its smell .
6 Cooper took out Base 's off stump and then a few balls later Courtney Walsh wrapped things up and derbyshire were all out for 521 …
7 A few days later Lord Thorneycroft , the Party Chairman , and Alastair ( now Lord ) McAlpine came to me and asked if we could stage another for the European Elections — three weeks later .
8 A few days later Lord Ossory wrote to Samuel Whitbread enclosing a testimonial from Dr. John Dixon of Boughton .
9 A few days later Cardinal Ottaviani asked whether the fathers were planning a revolution .
10 I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again .
11 A few days later Keith Meerza sees Christopher for the last time .
12 Just a few days later baby Joe was born , weighing just four and three quarter pounds , but healthy ; living proof that rhesus babies now have the chance they deserve .
13 A few days later Mr Baker was hosting a dinner to thank the members of the Kingman Committee for their work .
14 A few days later Mr Churchill came to see Edward at Buckingham Palace .
15 Early next month Mr Hun Sen and Prince Sihanouk are to meet in Indonesia , and a few days later Mr Gorbachev and Mr Deng meet in Beijing .
16 A few days later Mr Boldwood was looking at Bathsheba 's fields , which were next to his own , when he saw her helping Gabriel Oak with the sheep .
17 At his lunch break a few days later Mr Wolski took his sandwiches and sat on the benches opposite the eagle and looked at her .
18 A few days later Rachel Lynde came to the farm .
19 A few days later president Wilson proclaimed his ‘ Fourteen Points ’ , his own version of the new consensus .
20 A few years later William Tyrell , private secretary of the foreign secretary from 1908 onwards , " went out of his way to cultivate relations with the Press " .
21 Ironically , a few years later Ken Clarke came under attack on the same issue .
22 A few years later Klaus Lankheit and Hugh Honour proposed Lorenzo Merlini .
23 A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune .
24 A few weeks later Mr Walker told Ruth of a premonition that he had had the previous night — it was identical to Mr Reynolds ' .
25 A few seconds later Matilda Jenkins had pushed open the bedroom door .
26 A few seconds later de Craon bustled in , his face wreathed in an unctuous smile , bobbing and bowing while his snakelike eyes scrutinised the King .
27 The Club and Institute Union was officially formed in London on June 14 , 1862 and a few months later Henry Solly resigned his pulpit at the English Presbyterian Church in Lancaster to become the first fulltime paid secretary of the Union .
28 A few months later H. L. Davison , the public assistance officer , reported to the Institution Committee that the new National Assistance Bill had received its second reading in Parliament .
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