Example sentences of "[conj] after a few [noun pl] [art] " 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 | Her mouth opened and after a few moments a strange ululation sounded , a despairing cry , a death cry . |
| 3 | They did n't say anything , and after a few moments the silence hardened and became awkward . |
| 4 | He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered . |
| 5 | He could hear the car , distantly , and after a few seconds the sound of its motor faded away . |
| 6 | Eventually James Wyllie married Mrs. Kay 's sister and after a few years the Wyllie family took over the firm , retaining the name , Andrew Kay & Company . |
| 7 | In this case the spin itself was quite normal , and after a few turns the pilot initiated the recovery by applying the full opposite rudder and then moving the stick forwards . |
| 8 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 9 | Webbed feet were not designed for mountaineering , but after a few weeks the ducks had devised a method of hopping up the stairs one at a time , eating every morsel of bread along the way , until finally they were actually in my bedroom . |
| 10 | It is clear that the bunched replacement of fixed capital requires a considerable growth in the rate of the production of fixed assets , but after a few years the need for such replacement will decline rapidly . |