Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] later the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few moments later the two heroes were just specks under a cloud of dust , heading down towards the charcoal city . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A few minutes later the elderly owner of ‘ Primrose Cottage ’ was on the phone . |
| 4 | He goes on to remark that a few minutes later the same antlers could be in use with the animals full weight behind them as they slash and batter those of an opposing stag . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A few days later the few uneven patches were shaped up with a second mowing , with the greatest of ease . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A few weeks later the same court in Rex v. Grant [ 1936 ] 2 All E.R. |
| 11 | A few weeks later the same thing happened . |
| 12 | She rang the bell , and a few seconds later the bent , withered figure of Jamie Shepherd appeared . |
| 13 | A few months later the decyphering organisation which had existed for not far short of two centuries also disappeared . |
| 14 | A few months later the same man , with his daughter , met Russell at a petrol station . |