Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] after [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But I was n't into heroin on a full scale for a few years after that . |
2 | For a few years after 1413 a lease on the islands of Korcula , Hvar and Brac was obtained with the agreement of the Habsburg Emperor , Sigismund , but the Ragusans failed to maintain their position in face of the hostility of the islanders and the rivalries of their Venetian , Hungarian and Slav neighbours . |
3 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
4 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
5 | Meyer will return home for a few weeks after this weekend 's race , and will then fly to Britain , where she will set up base for about four months , competing on the European circuit in her build-up for the World Championships in Stuttgart , where she will no doubt meet McColgan again . |
6 | In the few years after 1958 a new word ( and , underlying it , a new fear ) took root : the meritocracy . |
7 | Throughout the three month test I did n't have any trouble with my feet apart from a few blisters after first wearing them . |
8 | The video shop did n't open up until a few minutes after ten . |