Example sentences of "quickly follow [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knowledge that he was being followed sent a shiver of excitement through him , quickly followed by a flash of the old bravado , which had more than once , in the past , bordered on the foolhardy . |
| 2 | Before that it was a quarter of an inch quickly followed by a bit of spurt . ’ |
| 3 | I had not been to such a party since before Leslie went to North Africa , and talking to Ika and his friends on a balcony canopied by a starry sky , I felt a spurt of pleasure , quickly followed by a surge of guilt : Leslie was dead , and I was alive , and capable of enjoying some temporary diversion . |
| 4 | This was quickly followed by a spate of bid rumours , the most sensational of which was that Adia , the big Swiss-based recruitment consultant , was about to launch a takeover bid . |
| 5 | A left to Carr 's body was quickly followed by a punch to the head , and then a right hook had Carr reeling and in trouble . |