Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] after a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have an odd number of needles , you end up knitting the same needles on every row , so that after a few rows the carriage jams . |
| 2 | I asked if I could see the people who 'd brought me in and after a few minutes , Bunny and Rayleen appeared at the bedside . |
| 3 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 4 | The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by . |
| 5 | In order to test these predictions we need to compare the size of the latent inhibition effect found after a long exposure — test interval ( which we may take to be 24 h or more ) with that found after a short interval ( when conditioning follows exposure immediately or after a few minutes ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea . |
| 7 | The seneschal glanced at it briefly but did not appear excessively worried , even when after a few moments — the scullions running past and round them were all carrying pails of water and sand , fire blankets , cutting gear and stretchers . |
| 8 | Jeff , who drove a lead car , explained : ‘ We knew there was a building site there and after a few dollars had changed hands the construction workers used one of their cranes to transfer the three-and-a-halfton generator . ’ |