Example sentences of "[conj] after [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How interesting that after only a few hours you know so much about me . |
| 2 | And after just a few minutes the cold was starting to get through . |
| 3 | And after just a few sessions of treatment his parents were overjoyed to be told their son could be walking by the time they leave the Capital in April . |
| 4 | Despite such setbacks , the Germans continued their infantry frontal attacks with supporting parachute infantry outflanking Allied positions , and after nearly a month of confused fighting the Independent Companies were withdrawn through Bodö along with elements of the 24th Guards Brigade and Norwegian troops . |
| 5 | In fact they needed little breaking in and after only a couple of long walks they were very comfortable indeed . |
| 6 | ‘ But then the team suffered a run of injuries and after only a handful of matches I was back on the field . ’ |
| 7 | While I was n't exactly happy about this , it was interesting to see what happened ; the tip of the Plexaurelia branch which had landed in the mushroom polyps developed blister-like clear vesicles , the whole animal kept inflating and deflating itself more frequently than usual , and after about a week collapsed completely . |
| 8 | And after about a week , there 'll be no pain in it , and you 'll be doing it no bother at all . |
| 9 | Gradually they gained the upper hand and after almost a week of savage fighting the Germans began to fall back . |
| 10 | She had n't thought she would understand what Fand meant ; but after only a moment the sense came to her that she was looking at a prisoner — at someone captive , helpless . |
| 11 | On their first meal of monarch the jays were violently sick ; but after only a few trials they had learned not to eat monarchs , though they continued to eat other , tasty food . |
| 12 | I have tried leaving them without food but after about a week I give in to their begging . |
| 13 | ‘ At first the pilots and navigators will mostly go their separate ways and concentrate on the subjects peculiar to their own calling , but after about a week they will be crewed-up — one pilot , one nav/observer , and one nav/plotter to a crew on the bomber side and a pilot and a navigator on the PR — and from then on will attend lectures and do drills as crew members . |
| 14 | Having a factory bike can put a lot of pressure on you but when after just a couple of races you discover you can compete at the highest level , everything gets easier . |