Example sentences of "[prep] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His do-or-die bid failed when Optiebeurs Felix refused after a desperately close turn into the second fence . |
| 2 | After a little more gossip , we said goodbye to the friendly Clays , and set off on our tour of the countryside . |
| 3 | After a little more conversation , mainly expressing amazement at the splendour of Tamar 's circumstances , they urged their horses to a brisk pace and had no further chance to speak . |
| 4 | While he bent over the cot , she watched him with a mischievous look ; after a little , she said she had a curious pain in her chest . |
| 5 | So after a little ‘ finding my way around ’ , I hit upon what I think is the best way to find the pole , using × 7 binoculars . |
| 6 | But after a little gentle persuasion , she has allowed me to tell you she is Maggie Lomas , the regular director of our main news programmed She knows me pretty well by now — after all , we 've worked together for more than 20 years , including the recent series of " At Home " programmes . |
| 7 | After a little , it drifted to the bank and El-ahrairah dragged it out and waited a while before pushing it in again . |
| 8 | After a little , she felt better . |
| 9 | She sat in the wicker chair beside the bed and began , after a little , to feel comfortable and sleepy . |
| 10 | After a little , she rolled over on her side and dug a hollow channel in the mud . |
| 11 | After a little , Oliver came in . |
| 12 | After a little , she went to Oliver 's room and found a Nux Bar in his satchel and ate it . |
| 13 | Average walkers will go further along the glen to the Lochan Dubha at the foot of Blaven before returning happily after a most interesting ten-mile trek . |
| 14 | This was the subject of a unanimous recommendation by the Departmental Committee on Corporal Punishment which reported in 1938 after a most careful and exhaustive enquiry into the whole subject . |
| 15 | It was after a most emphatic 9–2 triumph over city rival , Stephen Murphy , that Ken pocketed the Irish title . |
| 16 | Three North Koreans were killed and two South Korean soldiers wounded after a heavily armed North Korean patrol was said to have infiltrated the DMZ and encountered a South Korean unit . |
| 17 | He became a great fan of yours after a particularly exciting performance you conducted of Belshazzar 's Feast . |
| 18 | After a particularly strenuous session of mask clearing , we took off our masks . |
| 19 | Wee Jocky was apparently steaming after a particularly hospitable Hogmanay and played a blinder . |
| 20 | One of our hacks reeled home the other week after a particularly intensive study of the behavioural effects of alcohol at the ‘ Three Compasses ’ . |
| 21 | Most of us , the slim as well as the overweight , have uttered that plaintive wail : ‘ Oh , I should n't have done it ! ’ , as we pat our far from comfortable stomachs after a particularly tempting feast , like Christmas dinner , and stagger off for the Rennies . |
| 22 | After a particularly long photo-session , the photographer wanted one more shot and her patience gave out : ‘ Hurry up , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I 'm busy . ’ ’ |
| 23 | It was he who after a particularly violent disagreement , suggested that Joan should be invited to pay them another visit — though he referred to her as the lady Anne , as had been agreed . |
| 24 | Once , after a particularly sharp contraction , she had a sudden wish to unburden herself to her mother , to tell her that her grandchild had nothing to do with John Carrow , but that its father bore a striking resemblance to Tom Tremayne . |
| 25 | Nader Nadirpur came home late having been for a drive along the Bois de Boulogne to calm his nerves after a particularly bad day . |
| 26 | In a patient presenting late or after a particularly large overdose recognition of the onset of liver failure is crucial . |
| 27 | The Museo Nacional de Reina Sofía opened its permanent collection at long last on 10 September after a particularly embarrassing , last-minute rescheduling . |
| 28 | After a particularly barbarous game of Murder Ball in the school gym , I stripped off and queued up for a quick soaking , along with 40 other pre-pubescent boys . |
| 29 | One evening , after a particularly violent fight , when she threw things at him and chased him out of the house , he went for a walk alone through the town . |
| 30 | Late one afternoon , after a particularly demanding day , she sat down at her desk and burst into tears . |