Example sentences of "said after [art] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ Mortal , ’ the man said after a moment , ‘ tell me this : where did you learn your magic ? ’
32 " Yes , I thought so , " she said after a moment 's scrutiny .
33 " There is a problem , " he said after a time .
34 " The fighting was very bad , " he said after a time .
35 ‘ I can see that you 're a trifle overcome , ’ he said after a few moments .
36 ‘ Well , I like it , ’ she said after a pause , looking at me .
37 ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a pause , ‘ I 'll marry you six years from now if we 're both alive and if my husband does n't return . ’
38 ‘ I ca n't imagine going on performing without you , ’ Henry said after a wait .
39 ‘ You feel safer at home than what you do further away , ’ she said after a long silence , addressing no one .
40 ‘ She 's not very forthcoming always about what 's going on at the back of her mind , ’ he said after a time in a soft voice to Jo-Ann , ‘ but I can generally tell something about it from the way she moves her toes .
41 ‘ Stare decisis , ’ Emily said after a pause .
42 And it is hard not to think of one 's own horror at some of the things that the Irgun and Stern Gang are doing in Palestine , for instance , ’ David said after a long silence .
43 ‘ Yes , ’ he said after a moment .
44 ‘ I am sure you do , ’ he said after a moment .
45 ‘ You looked beautiful , ’ he said after a pause that agonized them both .
46 " Alfred Osbom Tace , " Stephen corrected him , and said after a little hesitation , " He was my grandfather . "
47 ‘ It 's all right , ’ Forester said after a moment .
48 ‘ I understand , ’ Karr said after a moment .
49 ‘ Like this , ’ she said after a moment , gripping her own thumbnail between her back teeth and worrying at it .
50 ‘ You know , ’ she said after a while , ‘ I enjoy …
51 ‘ I think I can hear something , ’ she said after a while .
52 ‘ I suppose we must have had more help than I remember , ’ he said after a while .
53 ‘ Pardon me , ’ Siban said after a moment .
54 ‘ Everyone is expendable in the Kha-Khan 's service , ’ he said after a moment .
55 So , what I mean is … , ’ she said after a moment 's thoughtful silence , ‘ it 's very nice of you , but I do n't need any more bother . ’
56 ‘ There 's no answer , ’ she said after a while .
57 ‘ I was wrong , ’ he said after a moment .
58 ‘ What is it ? ’ he said after a moment .
59 ‘ He looks strong , ’ DeVore said after a moment , ‘ but there are things you do n't know about him .
60 ‘ It 's good , ’ she said after a few moments .
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