Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] after a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned and after a few seconds said : |
| 2 | Her mouth opened and after a few moments a strange ululation sounded , a despairing cry , a death cry . |
| 3 | He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered . |
| 4 | Tonight there was a moon , starlight even , and he knew that after a few minutes away from the house it would be possible for her to see with surprising clarity ; but moon or no moon , it seemed to make little difference to her and she 'd been spending hours abroad at even the deepest , darkest point in the cycle . |
| 5 | The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it . |
| 6 | Too stunned to be furious , Maggie sat and after a few seconds of close and silent scrutiny Devlin Parnham sat too , facing her across a magnificent Persian rug , with the fire banked as high as if it were mid-winter . |