Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] later [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 So we get to work on them and forty eight hours later we have the whole ring , including one Gerhard Mayer , twenty nine , from West Berlin , their linkman into the local drug community .
2 Fifty minutes later he had 53 from 35 balls , and thirty-one minutes after that , from another 21 balls , he had 103 ; the fastest century in terms of balls received in the history of Test cricket , 56 balls to Jack Gregory 's 67 against South Africa in 1921–2 , although Gregory took only 70 minutes while Richards took 81 minutes .
3 Shortly after breakfast Fabia nosed her Volkswagen Polo in the direction of that other spa town and fifty minutes later she was walking through the spa park with its trees , benches and bandstand .
4 ‘ I could hear all the banging and screaming and then about seven or eight minutes later they dragged him out .
5 Eight minutes later we 're lost .
6 Eight minutes later it was 2–0 when Des Aitcheson , scoring from close range after Neil Fullerton 's near post flick , had been brilliantly turned on to a post by the visiting goalkeeper .
7 Eight months later it was announced that Nagy and his colleagues were to be rehabilitated .
8 Significantly , the Aviation Museums Association of Australia had applied to the New South Wales Heritage Council in 1990 to have the aircraft protected by State heritage legislation but eight months later it has yet to receive even an acknowledgement from the Council .
9 Eleven months later she bore his son .
10 He moved out into the countryside , and eleven months later he was back in England .
11 Two years and two back operations later he has been forced to call it a day .
12 But 12 minutes later he got on the end of a superb cross from Paul Dalton .
13 Yet 12 hours later it was all smiles again .
14 Some minutes later she heard the sound of a door quietly closing , and guessed that Ven , not bothering with a nightcap seemingly , had gone to bed .
15 When some minutes later he drew away , he said softly , ‘ And I 'd say those amends could start now , with you asking me in .
16 ‘ A dreadful tyrant ’ is the verdict of Lev Markiz , founder-conductor of the Moscow Soloists — ‘ the whole orchestra began to tune their instruments an hour before the rehearsal was due to start , and 30 minutes later them sat there with instruments tuned , ready to begin ’ .
17 When he returned 30 minutes later he saw their truck in a ditch , and both women gone .
18 Forty minutes later I parked outside a slate-grey office block in the business centre .
19 As he passed again on the other side of the road on his way back forty minutes later he was caught up in the very worst time of day for traffic .
20 Forty minutes later he was still empty-handed and beginning to panic .
21 When Mr Szuluk and his brother emerged 2 hours later he still had n't got his clothing grant .
22 A few minutes later we were in Delhi .
23 A few minutes later we drew up at a big concrete building which the officer told me was the town jail but which seemed to be a large Luftwaffe barracks .
24 A few minutes later we were seated at a corner table in the small bistro which I had known for several years .
25 Farmer Nash was n't at the market , and a few minutes later we saw his angry red face above the wall on the far side of the field .
26 A few minutes later they were starting up Heymouth Brae , the road that connected Heymouth with the summit and world beyond .
27 A few minutes later they had acknowledged Mr Bryant and his daughter outside their house , and then trudged home and stood chatting for some time on the doorstep .
28 When police found it a few minutes later they looked inside expecting to find the baby but the back seat was empty .
29 A few minutes later they were given a direct order to go to bed — and if you disobey a direct order you 're instantly put on report .
30 The following ‘ Arkansas Stomp ’ gets things going , though , and when a few minutes later they deliver a truly rocking ‘ Dateless Night ’ a great night seems in store .
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