Example sentences of "[prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few days the head will collapse and leave a brownish pancake . |
| 2 | After a few minutes , my friend reappeared . |
| 3 | After a few seconds the attitude should be allowed to steepen up gradually and smoothly until the full climbing angle is reached . |
| 4 | In this case the spin itself was quite normal , and after a few turns the pilot initiated the recovery by applying the full opposite rudder and then moving the stick forwards . |
| 5 | ( After a few seconds the rudder must be recentralised to avoid getting to high speeds with full rudder applied . ) |
| 6 | If you are scratching in weak lift , you may be able to see which way you have drifted after a few circles . |
| 7 | The majority of students become acclimatised to these sensations after a few flights , but every instructor is aware that some students are particularly sensitive to these feelings and can develop a total abhorrence of stalling and pitching manoeuvres . |
| 8 | She was much more fun after a few drinks , gently mocking her dedication to saving this planet . |
| 9 | ‘ Gets better after a few drinks . |
| 10 | After a few scotches , he told her he 'd buy a dishwasher , throwing in a string of fatuous clichés about her delicate hands , sparkling and making her laugh . |
| 11 | Lazarus 's business ambitions soon elevated him from storeman to lumber merchant , thence to a partnership in the coal industry which became his sole business — L. Cohen and Son — after a few years , and hence to a high-profile dredging company which could boast that it had kept every one of the lifelines of the young nation — the St. Lawrence tributaries between Lake Ontario and Quebec — open . |
| 12 | After a few sessions you will know which weights to use , but you should make sure that the routine is kept up to date . |
| 13 | Age Concern expressed reservations in its response to the Griffiths Review of Community Care that contracts for certain services might prove unprofitable to private sector providers after a few years , by which time District Health Authorities would have divested themselves of the resources to provide similar services . |
| 14 | After a few hours ' walking along the ridge we could clearly see Koitobos , one of the peaks surrounding the crater rim — a long , flat-topped buttress with a steep cone at one end , composed of large , dark brown , vertical columns . |
| 15 | The first few times , the pup gets his food for free to demonstrate to him that people are nice , but after a few treats he has to sit for his stranger and for his supper . |
| 16 | After a few weeks of this , I can guarantee you 'll be feeling quite a different person , and unable to wait to get out for your Sainsbury 's session , or your Waitrose-lifting ! |
| 17 | The Ethiopian army , the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa , consists largely of press-ganged young peasants or unemployed urban teenagers who have been drafted to the front after a few weeks ' training . |
| 18 | After a few years in atomic energy research he then discovered his vocation as teacher and enthusiast as a lecturer in chemistry at Birkenhead Technical College , where he also voluntarily taught about theatre , literature and music in a humanities section . |
| 19 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |
| 20 | He had one redeeming feature — his very good nature , except when he was in the boxing ring or after a few whiskies , when everyone gave him a wide berth . |
| 21 | After a few paces I stopped and looked around . |
| 22 | After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat . |
| 23 | After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands , I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road . |
| 24 | It was sad to think that they had waited so long in England for this invasion of their homeland and after a few hours ashore so many of them had been killed or wounded , the dead now lying in a temporary grave in the corner of a Normandy orchard . |
| 25 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |
| 26 | After a few enquiries at Brigade H.Q I presented myself outside the big house at 2 p.m. wearing kilt , polished boots ( which took some doing ) and , of course , carrying the bagpipes . |
| 27 | After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns . |
| 28 | After a few minutes we were shaking hands . |
| 29 | After a few years the axiom had taken upon itself the shape of practical reality . |
| 30 | Carl moved into agency at NEMS in the late 1970s and after a few years was instrumental in the formation of the PAN agency . |