Example sentences of "[adv] after a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three piece leather does make for a lot of stitching at the sides and this suffered quite badly after a few days on rough moraine . |
| 2 | Then he said I should see whether that was so after a hundred years in a glass coffin . |
| 3 | ‘ Cut it out , Maria , ’ he ordered her curtly after a few seconds in which he seemed to hold his breath . |
| 4 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
| 5 | Some people who comply well with all that is suggested to them may have done little more than comply ( incidentally , much of the " normal " first year of recovery is reckoned to be little more than compliance ) and think erroneously after a few weeks of treatment that they have learnt all they need to know and have done all they need to do to remain free from addictive disease . |
| 6 | I slept well after a few pints of Sussex Devil at the local , and woke up to find my caddie famous . ’ |
| 7 | I remember when after a few months in uniform duty , walking the beat , I was on West End Road , next to the Olympic Theatre , where there had been a building site and there was Collins World Fair there . |