Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] so later " in BNC.
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| 1 | A long kilometre or so later , I entered the city 's outskirts . |
| 2 | Be prepared to fly from A to B via Z : Delta 's network is based on hubs , whereby waves of flights arrive simultaneously in Atlanta or Cincinatti , and take off an hour or so later . |
| 3 | Vic Wilcox demanded , an hour or so later , when they were back in his office after what he had referred to as ‘ a quick whistle round the works ’ . |
| 4 | However , I am pleased to recall that by the time dinner was served an hour or so later , nothing but efficiency and professional calm was exhibited on the part of my team . |
| 5 | An hour or so later , I was fishing on Lyne Water , a beautiful tributary of the River Tweed . |
| 6 | An hour or so later I was beginning to feel proud of our levels of determination and achievement as we topped out over the last sand dune , then my heart sank into my boots ! |
| 7 | The cloth could have been placed there half an hour or so later . ’ |
| 8 | In the next three hours they heard and saw nothing ashore before setting up the signal light and infrared beam at 0015 that Sunday morning : an hour or so later the first craft — carrying the Rangers — came past , some 10 minutes late . |
| 9 | An hour or so later , Roger honoured his cafe-culture principles and I compromised mine by patronising the plastic vulgarity of the deserted skiers ' day lodge . |
| 10 | An hour or so later — and a hundred million years earlier — the rocks contain no sign of backboned animals of any kind . |
| 11 | When Otto and Jean-Claude joined me on the terrace an hour or so later , they brought iced drinks . |
| 12 | An hour or so later I saw my mother 's green Metro , just about to turn out of the drive-way of Hamish and Tone 's house . |
| 13 | An hour or so later , Marek started to rub his leg and called across a nurse because his head ached . |
| 14 | Selecting another piece of grass , he said : ‘ Anyway , I stayed awake until about four this morning , going over and over it in my mind , and when I woke an hour or so later , I had one almighty headache … bloody brass band playing inside the old brainbox … flashing lights before the eyes … the lot ! |
| 15 | An hour or so later , Iris and Melissa collapsed , fully dressed , on to their beds , too weary to change into their nightclothes . |
| 16 | An hour or so later he settled in the jockeys changing room to watch the National , his father having travelled to Liverpool to saddle Foinavon and Buckingham having been booked to ride . |
| 17 | An hour or so later her telephone rang . |
| 18 | The first guests began to leave an hour or so later . |
| 19 | An hour or so later Owen was working peacefully in his office when the door slammed at the end of the building and feet came running along the corridor . |
| 20 | She arrived at last an hour or so later , swerving up in her blue sports car , its boot piled with a large amount of luggage . |
| 21 | He only realised the finality of the phrase a second or so later . |
| 22 | A second or so later she was giving herself a mental shake and opening her eyes again . |
| 23 | A second or so later , though , she felt she had herself under control , and with her head still down she flicked her glance to Lubor 's feet . |
| 24 | ‘ Elizabeth , ’ he said , and then , a moment or so later , with a different intonation , ‘ Elizabeth . |
| 25 | A moment or so later , with evident relief , he said , ‘ Here we are . ’ |
| 26 | Mrs Zamzam spoke slowly , a village woman speaking to a stranger , and without warning she stood up and went to her other room , returning a minute or so later with a rusting tin . |
| 27 | With that she was gone and a minute or so later , they heard the crack of a whip and the sound of horses ' hooves as the coach pulled away . |
| 28 | ‘ No , really , ’ I insisted a minute or so later , as I laundered my fingers and Stuart needlessly scraped a fetid plastic comb over his cranium , ‘ where are you going ? |
| 29 | A minute or so later Flavia said , ‘ Time for me to go . ’ |
| 30 | As Harry stood on the platform a minute or so later , watching the train pull out , he could see him through the brightly lit window , still immersed in his paperback , oblivious , it seemed , to Harry 's departure . |