Example sentences of "[coord] after a [det] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Her mouth opened and after a few moments a strange ululation sounded , a despairing cry , a death cry . |
| 2 | They did n't say anything , and after a few moments the silence hardened and became awkward . |
| 3 | He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered . |
| 4 | He could hear the car , distantly , and after a few seconds the sound of its motor faded away . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |